Huh Tae-soo, chairman of GS, was inaugurated as the first chairman of the Korea Economic Association's AI Innovation Committee

Mar 25, 2025

GS Chairman Huh Tae-soo was inaugurated on the 25th as the first chairman of the 'AI Innovation Committee" newly established by the Korea Business Association (Hankyunghyup) to discover policies to innovate AI technology and spread its introduction.

As the first chairman of the AI Innovation Committee, Chairman Heo will play a role in representing the private sector and the business community for the development of the AI industry in Korea. Chairman Huh has emphasized the importance of innovation through AI. Since his inauguration as chairman in 2020, he has promoted innovation in the way he works and incorporates AI into his field knowledge through '52g' (5pen 2novation GS), which leads the digital transformation (DX) of the group. Hackathon and AI and digital consultative bodies are held periodically, emphasizing the importance of improving work efficiency using AI, improving customer experience, and further creating business opportunities.Recently, Generative AI has been introduced and applied to the business site.

Chairman Huh is considered to be the right person to lead the balanced growth of the industry as he has paid wide attention to the AI industry as a whole. GS Group invests in promising startups and technologies in software and services as well as hardware sectors such as AI infrastructure and uses them for its business. It is expected that Chairman Huh will lead discussions for the equal development of AI value chains without being biased toward specific fields. Chairman Huh believes that it is a real innovation for the Korean AI industry to develop in key development fields such as Large Language Model (LLM), data center, and semiconductor, as well as to achieve rapid growth by applying AI technology and ideas to existing businesses.




Chairman Huh attended the AI Innovation Committee launch meeting held at the FKI Tower Conference Center in Yeouido, Seoul. Chairman Huh said in his opening remarks, `In the future, the AI Innovation Committee will work closely with industry, academia, and policy authorities to create an environment in which companies can innovate more freely"In addition to leading AI policy discussions, we will make efforts to increase the competitiveness of the entire Korean industry by creating an ecosystem in which companies actively utilize AI." expressed his will.

The AI Innovation Committee consists of five divisions: policy, technology development and diffusion, talent and infrastructure, governance and standards, and future growth. The plan is to continue organic cooperation with the National Artificial Intelligence Committee, select policy tasks for each division, including meetings with policy authorities, and deliver them to the National Assembly and the government to lead to effective system improvement.
Huh Tae-soo, chairman of GS, was inaugurated as the first chairman of the Korea Economic Association's AI Innovation Committee
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This article was translated by Naver AI translator.