MSIT Begins “AI for All Project” to Offer AI Services through a Sovereign AI Model

- MISIT opens the call for proposals for one month starting July 13.- The ministry plans to launch a general-purpose AI chatbot and a public AI agent, free of charge and without usage limits, within this year.- It aims to achieve “one AI agent per citizen” by continuously advancing AI agents after 2027.The Ministry of Science and ICT (MSIT, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister: Bae Kyung-hoon) announced that, starting with the “AI for All Project” competition (July 13 – August 11), it will fully proceed with the development of AI services for the public based on Korea’s own AI model.<Background>At a time when AI is becoming an integral part of our daily lives, AI has become an essential capability that all citizens need to learn, just like Hangeul and arithmetic. In addition, it is becoming all the more important to ensure that everyone can use AI as easily and effortlessly as they use a calculator.Today, approximately two-thirds of Koreans have used AI services, while some 23 million people have used generative AI (according to the 2025 Survey on the Internet Use). Nevertheless, about a third of the population still cannot use AI, and most generative AI users rely o...