“Introduction of AI in the design industry… Increases the utilization rate of industrial design from 37 to 60%”

Ministry of Industry Presents ‘AI Design Expansion Strategy’… Pushing Forward with 4 Key Tasks
Includes Public Data-based AI Service Distribution, Roadmap Development, and Creating New Markets,
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, ‘(Seoul=Yonhap News) Reporter Kim Dong-kyu = The government is stepping up the introduction of artificial intelligence (AI) in all industries to enhance industrial competitiveness.’,
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, ‘ To this end, the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Energy is promoting four key tasks in the field of AI design to secure the core competitiveness of AI design and support manpower development, aiming to raise the utilization rate of design across all industries from the current 37% to over 60%.’,
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, ” On the 9th, the Ministry of Industry, Trade, and Energy held an ‘AI Design Field Gathering’ at LG Science Park in Gangseo-gu, Seoul, presided over by Minister Ahn Deok-geun, and announced the ‘AI Design Expansion Strategy’ based on these key points.”,
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, ” The ‘AI Design Expansion Strategy’ was developed over four months by the recently launched ‘AI New Industry Policy Committee’ in collaboration with design associations, organizations, design and AI companies, and others.”,
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, ” Starting with the announcement of ‘AI Autonomous Manufacturing Strategy 1.0’ last month, the AI New Industry Policy Committee has been announcing strategies for six major AI fields, including design, research and development (R&D), energy, distribution, AI semiconductors, on a monthly basis.”,
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AI Design Expansion Strategy’s 4 Key Tasks [Ministry of Industry, Trade and Energy provided. Redistribution and DB prohibited],
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, “The Ministry of Industry, Trade and Energy announced that it will push forward with four key tasks in the ‘AI Design Expansion Strategy’ to achieve targets such as a 50% adoption rate of AI for design companies, training 10,000 AI designers, and nurturing 500 AI design innovation companies.”,
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, ‘ It also set a goal of increasing the utilization rate of design in all industries from the current 37% to 60% through these efforts.’,
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, ” As the first key task, the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Energy proposed ‘3 Major AI Service Development and Distribution’ with high AI utilization awareness for design companies and designers based on public data.”,
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, ‘ Immediately this year, the Design Promotion Center will start collaborating with AI specialist companies to develop market trend analysis, design similarity search, specialized lightweight language model (sLLM) for design knowledge and research, and more.’,
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, ‘ Next year, the ministry will support the development of 20 AI design models in 4 main areas, including consumer goods design, optimal engineering component design, manufacturing process design automation, and digital design automatic generation, over a period of 3 years, focusing on high-impact AI design applications and expanding successful cases.’,
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, ” As the second task, the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Energy will announce the ‘AI Design Core Technology Roadmap’ by the end of the year to secure AI design core competitiveness.”,
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, ‘ To achieve this, it will establish a committee of industry and academic experts to develop the roadmap and embark on substantial R&D investment from next year.’,
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, ‘ It will also establish AI Design Creation Labs in 6 key regions including Seoul, Daegu, Gangwon, Gwangju, Daejeon, and Busan, based on design promotion centers, providing companies with 3D color, material, and finishing digital samples, virtual reality (VR) design evaluation spaces, and actively pursue funding for design and financial support.’,
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, ” Additionally, in collaboration with design promotion agencies and overseas holding agencies, it will build a ‘K-Design Big Data Hub’ with 5 million data entries in 4 areas including design archives, traditional Korean design, color, material, and finishing (CMF), and human data.”,
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Accumulation of 5 million design big data entries in 4 major fields [Ministry of Industry, Trade and Energy provided. Redistribution and DB prohibited],
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, ‘The goal of training 10,000 dedicated AI designers to secure AI competitiveness was also presented.’,
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, ‘ To achieve this, the Design Promotion Center will develop and promote AI design education programs and establish 5 new design and AI integration major courses, focusing on education support.’,
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, ” As the third task, the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Energy presented the ‘Creation of New AI Design Markets’. To this end, it will select and support 150 innovative projects that utilize generative AI in four major industrial sectors: manufacturing, public, engineering, packaging, and others.”,
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, ” The final task is ‘Designing Regulations and Norms Suitable for the AI Era’. To discuss potential obstacles to the expansion of AI design such as design copyrights, data privacy, and ethical issues, it will establish a public-private joint body for redesigning regulations and amendments to relevant laws including the Industrial Design Act preemptively.”,
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, ‘ It will also strengthen international cooperation by launching the AI Design Asia Initiative in collaboration with design promotion agencies in countries such as Japan, Taiwan, Singapore, and Malaysia.’,
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AI New Industry Policy Committee Inauguration Ceremony [Seoul=Yonhap News] Minister of Industry, Trade and Energy Ahn Deok-geun at the ‘AI New Industry Policy Committee Inauguration Ceremony’ held on May 8th at the Korea Technology Center in Yeoksam-dong, Seoul, presenting plans for new industrial policies in the AI era and announcing AI Autonomous Manufacturing Strategy 1.0. 2024.5.8 [Ministry of Industry, Trade and Energy provided. Redistribution and DB prohibited] photo@yna.co.kr,
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, “Minister Ahn Deok-geun visited ‘Zen AI Studio’ at LG Science Park on this day to experience the latest generative AI technologies and domestic and international solution industry applications, and engage in discussions with the industry.”,
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, ‘ Minister Ahn stated, “I hope that our design companies and designers will actively adopt and utilize AI more than anyone else in the AI era to become the world\’s top companies and talents,” and added, “The government will push forward with today\’s announced strategy without interruption to allow K-Design to take a new leap with AI.”‘,
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, ‘ dkkim@yna.co.kr’,
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