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South Korea's AI-model plagiarism spat ends fast, leaving hard questions

By Choonsik Yoo ( January 6, 2026, 06:43 GMT | Comment) -- A plagiarism dispute between two South Korean AI startups over a government-funded project flared at the start of the year and faded almost as quickly, ending with a public apology and technical verification. But the episode has opened a deeper debate about whether South Korea should keep investing public funds in homegrown foundation models, how to manage scrutiny around national AI projects, and what the controversy reveals about trust, ethics and self-correction in a fast-maturing AI ecosystem.While the controversy that roiled South Korea’s artificial intelligence community in the first days of 2026 over plagiarism allegations has subsided almost as quickly as it rose, its brevity may prove deceptive, with the incident leaving behind a set of unresolved questions that go well beyond technicalities....

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