The Ministry of Science and ICT will go beyond simply using artificial intelligence and have public officials directly develop agentic AI and deploy it in administrative settings.
The ministry said on the 19th that it has formed an in-house development team, AI Sapiens, composed of young employees with AI development skills and hands-on experience, and has begun developing AI services to reduce repetitive tasks in policy and administrative processes.
The first output is an agent that automatically collects and analyzes overnight AI industry and technology trends from overseas, including the United States, along with social media posts by key figures, and provides them every morning. Relevant policy officials and employees who opt in can start receiving the service on the 20th.
The development team will be led by Section Chief Lee Jae-ho, a Pohang University of Science and Technology graduate, with working-level staff at the Deputy Director and Assistant Deputy Director ranks participating. Starting with this, the ministry plans to expand use to automatically generating summary tables for budget requests and bill reviews, business trip reimbursement, and supporting Korean-language meeting minutes drafting.
The team will also compete in the expert track of the 2026 National AI Competition to advance AI agents that can be used immediately in the public sector. The ministry is also pursuing AI brown-bag sessions, the use of collaboration tools, and streamlined reporting lines.
Vice Prime Minister and Minister Bae Kyung-hoon said, "In the public sector, whether to use AI is not a choice but a matter of survival," adding, "The Ministry of Science and ICT will first create cases of work innovation and spread them across all ministries."