TechFlow reports, on July 13, Critini Research analyst Jukan stated that his impression at this year's International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML) was that South Korea's focus on AI remains mostly superficial.
He believes that the market hype surrounding South Korean AI startups and university research is significantly overestimated, with a significant gap in overall competitiveness compared to China. He suggested South Korea learn from China's talent introduction pathway, launch a mechanism similar to the "Thousand Talents Plan" to attract overseas Korean talent to return, and actively recruit top international AI talent; otherwise, South Korea may gradually become an AI technology-dependent nation.



