The AI for Everyone program will be government-funded initially, with potential private-sector co-investment after 2028 to sustain AI adoption in work, learning, and daily life.

The ministry’s first-year achievements emphasize rebuilding the R&D ecosystem, guaranteeing basic communications rights, and easing household burdens while signaling a broader push to deploy AI across society.

Overall, the plan envisions an AI-powered economy with expanded citizen access, robust infrastructure, and a coordinated, mission-driven science and technology policy.

Policy reforms aim to accelerate funding by abolishing the project-based system, creating a discretionary 10% research expense category, and reducing indirect-expense bureaucracy.

Plans call for greater investment in GPUs, data, and AI infrastructure, with discussions on public-private partnerships and a focus on domestic AI semiconductor outcomes within the GPU framework.

Efforts to grow the AI ecosystem include expanded education and competition participation, backed by a record R&D budget of 35.5 trillion won and streamlined funding processes to shorten feasibility study timelines.

To accelerate capabilities, the government plans to secure more AGI-related resources, enlarge the AI Digital Learning Centers, and train over 2 million people by year-end.

Governance and security are being strengthened with an emergency private-sector task force, zero-trust architecture, and a shift toward an AI security framework emphasizing sovereignty.

A shift in emphasis toward aggressive AI investment aims to reach frontier-model progress, aligning with global competition and models on par with leading nations.

Efforts include expanding GPU infrastructure to secure 260,000 advanced GPUs by 2030, while pursuing regulatory reforms to enable broader AI deployment.

South Korea is on a stated path to become a top-three global AI power, led by the Ministry of Science and ICT under Deputy Prime Minister Baek Kyunghoon, with a focus on independent AI models, secured GPU infrastructure, and expanded AI access for all citizens.

Beyond hardware, the government seeks to expand AI deployment through a national AI foundation model project and related regulatory acts to support frontier AI development.