Koreans will set AI on pirate cinemas around the world

The South Korean government, as part of the promotion of Korean content in the international arena, announced the transition to automated systems based on artificial intelligence (AI), which will identify and block illegal streaming services and monitor copyright violations.

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According to Comic Book Resources, the Ministry of Science and Information and Communications Technology (MiST) of South Korea announced plans to switch from manual methods of detecting illegal content to automatic ones based on AI. As part of this initiative, the government said it will support technologies that can automatically monitor and identify illegal video services. AI is expected to make the process of detecting and checking pirated websites more efficient compared to manual methods.

In addition, the plan includes the creation of a joint fund of 1 trillion won (about $685 million) to expand the influence of Korean content abroad. The country’s companies will also increase their presence at international media festivals such as the Cannes Film Festival, and technology from Samsung and LG, with their 600 million TVs worldwide, will be used to improve the availability of K-Contents (Korean content).

It is noted that AI will become not only a tool for combating piracy, but also an important element in content creation. Among the planned innovations is the use of AI technologies for automated translation and dubbing into foreign languages, personalized recommendations on streaming platforms and the development of interactive stories. In addition, the government plans to train AI models based on three million hours of video created over the past 70 years, which will speed up content production at all stages. Companies working at the intersection of AI and digital technologies, such as visual effects and editing, will receive priority support, including specialist training programs.

It is worth saying that other countries, such as Japan, have also begun to use AI to combat piracy. The country’s government recently announced a project that will use artificial intelligence to identify pirated sites and infringing images and other content, and then block them through DMCA requests through Google.