{
  "id": 18190470,
  "title": "[ROUNDTABLE] Korea needs AI-ready ontology, should not end with developing models",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/04/roundtable-korea-needs-ai-ready-ontology-should-not-end-with",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-11-04T22:12:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/business/tech-science/20261105/roundtable-korea-needs-ai-ready-ontology-should-not-end-with-developing-models"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Korea Times roundtable discussion titled “Beyond US-China AI race: Korea’s strategic edge” highlighted the need for Korea to transition from merely developing advanced AI models to constructing AI-ready knowledge systems. Experts emphasized the importance of creating structured knowledge systems, or ontologies, which can organize government data and institutional knowledge in a way that AI systems can utilize. This shift is seen as crucial for practical AI applications. Furthermore, participants advocated for the establishment of a regulatory sandbox to test and deploy AI-powered technologies under a more adaptable framework. Reform Party of Korea Representative Lee Jun-seok stressed that the government’s AI strategy should prioritize the development of national ontologies rather than merely distributing chatbots to the general public, stressing the need for a strategic focus on AI transformation at the national level.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}