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Review of Artificial Intelligence Platform Policies and Strategies in South Korea, United States, China and the European Union Using National Innovation Capacity

  • Park, Mun-Su (Department of Public Policy in College of Health & Welfare at Dankook University) ;
  • Chang, Soonwoo Daniel (Department of Technology and Society, Stony Brook University)
  • Received : 2022.03.19
  • Accepted : 2022.09.05
  • Published : 2022.09.30
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Abstract

South Korea is at an important juncture in its history to decide whether to continue its investment to become a first-mover of artificial intelligence (A.I.) platform technology or stay as a fast follower. This paper compares South Korea's A.I. platform capacity to that of the United States, China and the European Union by reviewing publicly opened documents and reports on AI platform strategies and policies using the three elements of the national innovation capacity: common innovation infrastructure, cluster-specific conditions, and quality of linkages. This paper found three major areas the South Korean government can focus on in the A.I. platform industry. First, South Korea needs to increase its investment in the A.I. field and expand its public-private collaboration activities. Second, unlike the U.S. and the U.K., South Korea lacks data protection policies. Third, South Korea needs to build a high-performance system and environment to experiment with artificial intelligence technology and big data.

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Acknowledgement

We thank the Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information (KISTI) and the Institute of Information & Communication Technology Planning & Evaluation (IITP) for useful information.

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