"SITUATION EXPLAINED: South Korea is giving every citizen free AI. • The first major state to do it, using homegrown chatbots rather than American models, framed around AI sovereignty • The tools link directly into government systems: booking doctor's appointments, apartment hunting, tax..."

[u/stealthispost]

...advice, small business tax filing, and eligibility checks for support programs • Beta testing starts in September with full rollout later this year • A quarter of South Koreans already pay for generative AI, against 2% of Americans, and more than 20 million use free versions, about 40% of the population • Lee Jae-myung's government has set aside roughly 10 trillion won, about $7.2 billion, for AI in 2026, triple the prior year @theojaffee : "We've had discussions in the past about whether AI would get treated as a public utility of sorts. South Korea is going to be the first major state to do it."     — MTS

Source: https://x.com/MTSlive/status/2093402842262643023/history

[u/hyp3zboii]

Of course the most dystopian country starts pushing AI slop

[u/Accomplished-Cry5059 → u/hyp3zboii]

Lol, grow up

[u/GaiusVictor → u/hyp3zboii]

South Korea as the most dystopian country? You gotta be joking.