South Korea’s ‘AI for All’ Push Gives Free Access to Every Citizen

South Korea plans to give its entire population free access to generative AI services, the first major state-led offering treating the technology akin to a public utility.

The program seeks to connect more South Koreans to homegrown AI chatbots with the goal of advancing the country’s push for AI sovereignty. By giving premium-level AI services free to its citizens, South Korean officials hope to avoid an overreliance on models from the U.S. and China.