South Korea Just Gave 52 Million People Free, Unlimited AI - But the Real Catch Is an 80% Domestic Model Quota
South Korea’s ‘AI for All’ program gives all 52 million citizens free, unlimited access to generative AI, but the real story is buried in one rule: every operator must route at least 80% of queries to domestically-built models. It’s a rare case of a government building sovereign AI from the demand side, propped up by SLM smart routing to make the free tier financially possible.