Hah Jung-woo Returns as Full-Time Vice Chair of National AI Strategy Committee, Reorganizing AI Control Tower
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Hah Jung-woo has returned as the full-time vice chair of the Presidential National AI Strategy Committee.
He rejoined the government’s AI policy lineup about 4 months after resigning as senior secretary for AI future planning at the presidential office in April to run in a by-election for the National Assembly.
At the National AI Strategy Committee, he will handle medium- to long-term strategy and interagency policy coordination, and National Assembly member Lee Hae-min of the Rebuilding Korea Party has been appointed as his successor in the presidential office.
Hah Jung-woo has returned to the government’s AI policy lineup as the full-time vice chair of the Presidential National AI Strategy Committee. Hah, the former senior secretary for AI future planning at the presidential office, is returning about 4 months after resigning from the post in April to run in a by-election for the National Assembly.
The return comes as policies for an independent AI foundation model and expanded AI infrastructure have entered the implementation stage. Hah will be responsible for medium- to long-term strategy and interagency policy coordination at the National AI Strategy Committee.
The presidential office announced Hah’s appointment on the 30th. The appointment fills the full-time vice chair vacancy that had persisted since former Vice Chair Im Moon-young resigned to run in an election.
Hah is an AI expert with experience heading the AI Innovation Center at Naver Cloud. With the launch of the Lee Jae-myung administration, the presidential office created the senior secretary for AI future planning, and Hah was appointed to the newly established post and has taken part in shaping government AI policy.
During his tenure as the presidential office’s AI secretary, Hah was in charge of major government AI policies aimed at making the country one of the world’s top 3 AI powers, and he oversaw efforts to secure an independent AI foundation model, expand AI infrastructure, and drive AI transformation (AX) in industry. He stepped down from the post in April to run in the by-election for the Buk-gu A district seat in Busan.
After his resignation, the stage on which Hah will play his role is not the presidential office but the Presidential National AI Strategy Committee. The committee, chaired by the president, is responsible for setting the national AI vision, developing medium- to long-term strategies, and coordinating AI policies across government ministries.
The government is pushing major projects including an independent AI foundation model, “Everyone’s AI,” expanded AI infrastructure, and industrial and public AX, and the importance of connecting individual projects with the national AI strategy is also growing accordingly.
Because Hah participated in the planning process for major AI policies while serving at the presidential office, the importance of securing policy continuity is expected to increase. Based on his understanding of existing policies, he will coordinate between the National AI Strategy Committee and relevant ministries, including the Ministry of Science and ICT.
As the government’s AI policy lineup is reorganized, the policy framework and division of roles have also become clearer. Within the National AI Strategy Committee, Hah will handle medium- to long-term strategy and inter-ministerial coordination, while Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Science and ICT Bae Kyung-hoon will lead the implementation of major AI projects. The government’s AI policy structure is one in which Hah is responsible for strategy and coordination, and Minister Bae for execution.
National Assembly member Lee Hae-min of the Rebuilding Korea Party has been appointed as Hah’s successor in the presidential office as senior secretary for AI future planning. As a result, the vacancy in a key government AI policy post that had continued since April has been filled, ending a roughly 4-month gap.
Source: TECHWORLD · Kim Seung-gi
Original: https://www.epnc.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=406243
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