Gwangju is joining hands with the Enterprise Business Association to speed up the creation of a synthetic intelligence demonstration city by utilizing the infrastructure of the bogus intelligence complex, comparable to the National Artificial Intelligence (AI) Data Center.
Gwangju City (Mayor Kang Ki-jeong) signed a 'Business Agreement for Making a Gwangju Artificial Intelligence (AI) Industry Ecosystem' with the Enterprise Business Association on the City Hall Business Room on the afternoon of the seventh, and decided to actively cooperate in discovering AI corporations with high potential and supporting corporate growth. did.
The signing ceremony was attended by Mayor Kang Ki-jeong, Kim Myeong-sul, president of the Gwangju and Jeonnam Branch of the Enterprise Business Association, and Kim Yong-seung, head of the Artificial Intelligence Industry Department.
The most important contents of the agreement are ▲discovering artificial intelligence corporations with high potential and supporting corporate growth ▲cooperation in utilizing artificial intelligence industry convergence infrastructure and resources ▲joint promotion of projects and events conducted by each side, and mutual cooperation to create a synthetic intelligence industry ecosystem.
In line with the agreement, Gwangju and the Enterprise Business Association will create a cooperation model to utilize infrastructure comparable to data centers and demonstration equipment in the bogus intelligence complex to develop technologies essential to create a big artificial intelligence (AI) ecosystem, discover artificial intelligence corporations with excellent potential, and It is anticipated that close cooperation, including support for corporate growth, can be possible.
The Enterprise Business Association was established as an incorporated association under the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy in 1995 and serves as a world center for the Korean enterprise ecosystem by increasing the company value of enterprise businesses by strengthening their self-reliance and securing competitiveness. Currently, there are roughly 18,200 corporations as members.
Kim Myeong-sul, Chairman of the Gwangju and Jeonnam Branch of the Enterprise Business Association, said, “The business agreement between Gwangju, a number one city in artificial intelligence, and the Enterprise Business Association, the middle of artificial intelligence (AI) and knowledge technology (IT) corporations, will greatly contribute to the event and acceleration of the bogus intelligence (AI) industry. “It is rather meaningful as interest is increasing nationwide and contributing to mutual development through the participation of executives from national branches together with the Enterprise Business Association’s most important body,” he said.
Gwangju Mayor Kang Ki-jeong said, “Once we’ve the infrastructure for a synthetic intelligence integration complex, including the National Artificial Intelligence (AI) Data Center, and start the second stage of the mixing project, Gwangju will create a synthetic intelligence company ecosystem in name and reality.” He added, “To the extent that the Enterprise Business Association has joined our hand, The speed will increase. “We are going to create Korea’s leading model called ‘Artificial Intelligence (AI) Demonstration City’ through exchanges and cooperation with excellent enterprise business associations,” he said.
Meanwhile, Gwangju is scheduled to finish the development of Korea's only artificial intelligence integrated complex at the top of this yr, and the world-class national artificial intelligence (AI) data center opened in November last yr and is in operation.
As well as, it’s a synthetic intelligence (AI) demonstration city that demonstrates various artificial intelligence technologies and services by utilizing the infrastructure of the bogus intelligence complex, and is preparing for the second phase of the project to use artificial intelligence to the region and native corporations. We plan to finish the development of Korea's only artificial intelligence integration complex at the top of this yr and proceed with the second phase of the project without interruption from 2025.
Reporter Oh Deok-hwan odh@aitimes.com