AI for All on Judy AI Lab https://judyailab.com/en/tags/ai-for-all/ Recent content in AI for All on Judy AI Lab Judy AI Lab https://judyailab.com/logo.jpg https://judyailab.com/logo.jpg Hugo -- 0.147.4 en Tue, 08 Sep 2026 00:32:30 +0000 South Korea Just Gave 52 Million People Free, Unlimited AI - But the Real Catch Is an 80% Domestic Model Quota https://judyailab.com/en/posts/2026-09-01-korea-ai-for-all-sovereign-ai-bet/ Tue, 01 Sep 2026 02:30:00 +0000 https://judyailab.com/en/posts/2026-09-01-korea-ai-for-all-sovereign-ai-bet/ South Korea's government just launched 'AI for All,' operated by a consortium of SK Telecom, KT, and Kakao starting in September, giving all 52 million citizens free, unlimited access to generative AI. But free is just the hook - the real mechanism is a rule requiring each operator to route at least 80% of queries to certified domestic models. This piece breaks down the policy design, the EXAONE-led sovereign model race, and the SLM smart-routing architecture that makes the free tier possible on limited compute.