# South Korea announces free public access project for AI tools

_Published Friday, August 28, 2026 at 7:07 AM EDT · AI, Policy · Latest · Tier 1 — Major_

South Korea has unveiled a project with KT, SK Telecom and Kakao to provide premium AI tools to the public for free, according to the supplied Wall Street Journal summary. Seoul plans to fund the service and offer unlimited tokens while directing use toward homegrown AI chatbots rather than U.S. or Chinese options.

## Sources

- [Techmeme](https://www.techmeme.com/260828/p6#a260828p6)

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Published: 2026-08-28T11:07:14.921Z
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