South Korea to give all 52M citizens free unlimited AI access with 512 B200 GPUs
smtabatabaie · x · 2026-09-02
According to the cited thread, South Korea is set to become the first G20 nation to offer free unlimited AI access to all 52 million citizens. The program, "AI for Everyone," selected SK Telecom, KT, and Kakao this week, with the government handing them 512 Nvidia B200 GPUs and funding through 2028. Every citizen gets a free AI chatbot with no usage caps or subscription. The next phase: the AI will discover government benefits citizens are eligible for, notify them, and apply on their behalf — healthcare, finance, education, housing, with one agent replacing dozens of government portals. SK Telecom's version works via web, phone calls, and SMS, and can even place AI-powered calls to officials. The quoting author argues intelligence will become a citizenship right like electricity or water, and countries supporting it better will attract more talent.
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