It will soon be too late to catch up with AI rivals, South Korea minister warns
By Choonsik Yoo ( March 11, 2025, 08:42 GMT | Insight) -- South Korea's science minister warned a further delay in the government’s attempt to secure funding to buy thousands of GPUs as early as possible could push the country too far behind its rivals in the AI race to catch up, due to the exponential speed of artificial intelligence evolution. Speaking at a monthly briefing, Science and ICT Minister Yoo Sang-im made these warning remarks to urge the ruling and opposition parties to reach an agreement on introducing a supplementary budget bill as early as possible.A further delay in the government’s attempt to secure funding to buy thousands of GPUs as early as possible could push South Korea too far behind its rivals in the AI race to catch up, due to the exponential speed of artificial intelligence evolution, the country’s science minister warned today....
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