South Koreans embrace AI across daily life, MIT Technology Review reports

MIT Technology Review reports today that South Koreans are embracing AI in daily life, exemplified by an unmanned immigration checkpoint in Seoul that scans faces and passports. The timing matters as governments worldwide scramble to set AI rules and companies recalibrate product plans. The piece casts South Korea as a test bed for biometric checks and smart services woven into commutes and border entry, according to MIT Technology Review.

Published in The Algorithm newsletter, the dispatch recounts a 12-hour flight from San Francisco ending in a frictionless, staff-free passport check, underscoring how normalized these tools have become, MIT Technology Review writes. The outlet says it is probing why attitudes skew positive and which cultural or infrastructure factors sustain momentum. Watch for fresh public polling, government guidance, and new deployments that reveal whether South Korea’s acceptance sets a template for regional AI rollouts. [Developing. This article will be updated.]