{
  "id": 3945036,
  "title": "South Korea unveils a project with KT, SK Telecom, and Kakao to provide premium AI tools to the public for free, a move that treats AI like a public utility (Jiyoung Sohn/Wall Street Journal)",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/south-korea-unveils-a-project-with-kt-sk-telecom-and-kakao-to-provide",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-08-28T10:40:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Techmeme",
    "slug": "techmeme",
    "url": "https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/south-koreas-ai-for-all-push-gives-free-access-to-every-citizen-451f6b2c"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Seoul wants to direct use of homegrown AI chatbots to reduce reliance on U.S. or Chinese options, footing the bill and offering unlimited tokens",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Yonhap News",
        "title": "SKT, KT, Kakao consortia selected for gov't-led AI service project",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/skt-kt-kakao-consortia-selected-for-govt-led-ai-service-project",
        "published": "2026-08-28T01:23:10.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "SKT, KT, Kakao consortiums selected for free AI service for public",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/skt-kt-kakao-consortiums-selected-for-free-ai-service-for-public",
        "published": "2026-08-28T03:17:02.000Z"
      }
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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."
}