{
  "id": 7510353,
  "title": "[CONFERENCE] 'We are continually defining what AI talent and players will be needed'",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/conference-we-are-continually-defining-what-ai-talent-and-players",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-09-15T08:42:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times-koreatimes",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/southkorea/education/20260915/conference-we-are-continually-defining-what-ai-talent-and-players-will-be-needed"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "At the inaugural panel discussion of the 2026 Korea Times Global Conference, titled \"Beyond AI: Building human-centered leadership for the next era,\" education experts and industry leaders urged universities to fundamentally reevaluate their roles in the age of artificial intelligence. They emphasized that higher education must transition from merely transmitting knowledge to nurturing human-centric skills like critical thinking, ethical responsibility, and problem definition.\n\nThe session, \"The human edge of AI: Reimagining global competitiveness in Korean universities,\" was moderated by Choi Jae-boong, a professor of interdisciplinary AI service design at Sungkyunkwan University. The discussion centered on how academic institutions could integrate technology into education, research, and the overall student experience to create human-centered AI campuses.\n\nPanelists highlighted the necessity of maximizing human capabilities that AI cannot replace, while simultaneously deepening industry partnerships and fostering innovation. The focus was on equipping students with the skills needed to thrive in an increasingly tech-driven world, where human ingenuity and ethical decision-making remain irreplaceable.",
  "summary": "Education experts and industry leaders called on universities to fundamentally rethink their roles in the era of artificial intelligence (AI), emphasizing that higher education must shift from traditional knowledge transmission to cultivating human-centered skills such as critical thinking, ethical responsibility and problem definition. Speaking at the first panel discussion of the 2026 Korea…",
  "key_points": [
    "Universities urged to reevaluate roles in AI age.",
    "Emphasis on human-centric skills like critical thinking, ethics, problem definition.",
    "Integration of tech into education, research, student experience."
  ],
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  "illustration": null,
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      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "[CONFERENCE] 'We are continually defining what AI talent and players will be needed'",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/conference-we-are-continually-defining-what-ai-talent-and-players-7515495",
        "published": "2026-09-15T09:17:03.000Z"
      }
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  },
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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."
}