{
  "id": 15710698,
  "title": "Microsoft-IITP program helps Korean AI talents tap into global research resources",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/20/microsoft-iitp-program-helps-korean-ai-talents-tap-into-global-15710698",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-10-20T06:42:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/business/tech-science/20261020/microsoft-iitp-program-helps-korean-ai-talents-tap-into-global-research-resources"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Microsoft and the Institute of Information & Communications Technology Planning & Evaluation (IITP) have collaborated on an internship program aimed at assisting Korean AI talents in accessing global research resources. At the 2026 Korea Day presentation event held at Microsoft Korea Office in Seoul, over 100 students, mentors, and officials from Microsoft Research Asia (MSRA) and IITP showcased their work on various AI topics, including visual agentic AI, brain-inspired AI, AI-native systems, and spatial intelligence. Lee Mi-ran, director of Microsoft Research Accelerator, emphasized the importance of interdisciplinary and cross-boundary research in Asia Pacific to define the new paradigm of computing and AI. The partnership between Microsoft and Korea has been steadily developed over the past 20 years, with the government providing the framework, universities offering the talent, and ideas, according to IITP.",
  "summary": "Budding artificial intelligence (AI) researchers presented the results of their work during an internship program jointly organized by Microsoft Research and the Institute of Information & Communications Technology Planning & Evaluation (IITP), showcasing new findings in areas such as visual agentic AI, brain-inspired AI, AI-native systems and spatial intelligence. Microsoft, IITP and the…",
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      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "Microsoft-IITP program helps Korean AI talents tap into global research resources",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/20/microsoft-iitp-program-helps-korean-ai-talents-tap-into-global",
        "published": "2026-10-20T05:52:03.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}