
AI-generated summary
Machinalax developed an AI agent that learned naval gun technical manuals and maintenance data based on its own AI operating system 'Runway', and S2W, a data intelligence company, proposed supply chain security cooperation to strengthen AI sovereignty. Toss is a mobile financial service company that provides facial recognition payment services, and CJ OliveNetworks operates CJ ONE, a lifestyle membership.
S2W CEO Seo Sang-deok proposes AI supply chain security cooperation at the Korea-England High-Level Forum
Toss participates as payment partner for Busan International Rock Festival... 10,000 viewers ‘face payment’
CJ ONE launches ‘Wonder Series’, offering discounts at E-Mart 24 and Olive Young gift certificates
(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Oh Ji-eun = Industrial artificial intelligence (AI) company Machinarax [477850] announced on the 6th that it has mounted an 'equipment operation AI staff' on the Navy's 1st Fleet Command Pohang (frigate) and has begun verification operation.
▲ Machinalax developed an AI agent that learned naval gun technical manuals and maintenance data based on its own AI operating system 'Runway' and completed mounting and demonstrating it on the Pohang warship. It was built as a lightweight on-device AI considering the ship environment where external network connections are blocked, and helps reduce the skill gap of field soldiers and quickly support equipment operation.
▲ Seo Sang-deok, CEO of data intelligence company S2W[488280](S2W), attended the '2nd Korea-England High-Level Forum' held in the UK and proposed supply chain security cooperation measures to strengthen AI sovereignty. Representative Seo proposed operating a public-private cooperation channel to constantly share security threat information targeting the semiconductor and physical AI supply chain, while emphasizing that supply chain security standards should be developed as an official agenda for the international community by taking advantage of the two countries' successive presidencies of the G20 in the future.
▲ Mobile financial service Toss participated as an official payment partner at the Busan International Rock Festival held from the 2nd to the 4th and introduced 'Face Pay', a facial recognition payment service. During the event, payment terminals were installed throughout food, beverage and goods sales outlets, and as a result, over 10,000 people made payments using facial recognition over three days, and 25% of all payments were processed through Face Pay.
▲ CJ ONE, a lifestyle membership operated by CJ OliveNetworks, will hold a ‘Wonder Series’ promotion in October. Until the 11th, convenience store E-Mart 24 will be distributing 4,000 won discount coupons that can be used for purchases of 10,000 won or more on a first-come, first-served basis, and starting on the 11th, a Wonder Raffle entry event will be held to give away a 1 million won Olive Young gift card.
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
Machinarox's AI staff will be expanded to other ships in the Navy
Likely · Within months
AI supply chain security cooperation between Korea and the UK will lead to concrete joint projects
Possible · Within months

It was confirmed that the attacker IP used in the recent hacking incident at a major financial company also attempted to access Kakao Bank, K Bank, and Toss Bank servers several times, but it was detected and blocked by the security system, so no actual damage occurred, the financial industry announced.

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