SEOUL -- South Korea's presidential candidates have pledged to nurture an artificial intelligence economy, promising to develop the country's own large language model (LLM) to let people use generative AI services for free.
Front-runner Lee Jae-myung bets on sovereign large language model

From left, South Korea's presidential candidates Kim Moon-soo, Lee Jae-myung, and Lee Jun-seok. AI policy has become one of the key issues in South Korea's presidential election as a factor crucial to economic development. (Nikkei montage/Source photos by Reuters, Getty Images and AP)
SEOUL -- South Korea's presidential candidates have pledged to nurture an artificial intelligence economy, promising to develop the country's own large language model (LLM) to let people use generative AI services for free.