"Everyone Can Learn and Develop with 'Everyone's AI'... Free Tokens Provided to 30,000 People (Comprehensive)"

Integrated Opening of AI Academy, Laboratory, and Lounge
30,000 People to Receive Tokens Worth 40,000 Won Each This Year
"Everyone Should Be Able to Utilize and Benefit from AI"

"Let's create a virtual assistant for Gwangju citizens based on Gwangju's current and forecasted weather."

Three days ago at the National Gwangju Science Museum in Gwangju, Jeollanam-do, students are creating AI services with the help of AI expert "Sherpa" in the "Everyone's AI Laboratory." Photo by Eunseo Lee.

On August 3, when this prompt was entered in the "Everyone's AI Laboratory" set up at the National Gwangju Science Museum in Gwangju, Jeonnam, an application was created in just two to three minutes. It was a weather forecast app for Gwangju. On the screen, it displayed recommendations for clothing and indoor/outdoor facilities, along with a comment based on data from the Korea Meteorological Administration, such as "Rain is expected tomorrow, so it's better to do your laundry today."

Kim Jinil, team leader at the National Information Society Agency (NIA), explained, "When you create a service for the first time using Vibe Coding, it costs about 1,000 won, and subsequent improvements such as feature modifications consume about 300 to 500 won," adding, "With 40,000 won worth of tokens, you can try out at least five projects." He continued, "With the help of EXAONE 4.5 33b, you can complete your prompt for free, and develop your service using GPT 5.6 Tera."

On this day, the Ministry of Science and ICT held a launch ceremony for the "Everyone's AI Growth Ladder Project" and announced the integrated opening of the "Everyone's AI Classroom," "Everyone's AI Laboratory," and "Everyone's AI Lounge."

The "Everyone's AI Growth Ladder" is a project aimed at establishing a step-by-step growth system by integrating AI education, development, and on-site test bed infrastructure, as part of the "Mainstream AI for All" policy to ensure universal access to AI. Until now, each infrastructure had operated separately; the project brings them together to create a developmental ladder of "learning → developing → scaling up." The project consists of the online AI education portal "Everyone's AI Classroom," the online development platform "Everyone's AI Laboratory," and the "Everyone's AI Lounge," which are offline hubs in five regions nationwide. Through these three programs, the vision is to create a virtuous cycle of AI competency in education, development, and entrepreneurship.

Bae Kyunghoon, Vice Minister and Minister of Science and ICT, said, "In the era of the AI revolution, it is essential to build an 'AI basic society' in which everyone can fully use and benefit from AI," adding, "As a first step, we have launched the AI Growth Ladder Project."

This year, the first 30,000 people will receive 40,000 won worth of tokens on a first-come, first-served basis... Creating an innovative AI ecosystem

The launch ceremony of the 'Everyone's AI Growth Ladder Project' held three days ago at the National Gwangju Science Institute in Gwangju, Jeonnam. Photo by Eunseo Lee.

"Everyone's AI Classroom" is an online portal that provides and links public and private AI education content. It recommends customized education based on users' interests and learning levels via a generative AI chatbot search, and connects them to related services. The portal is currently linked to government-operated education platforms such as EBS ESOFT, School AI, K-MOOC, STEP, AI Digital Classroom, and the Small Business Knowledge Learning Center. Starting this month, the platform will expand its connections to private education platforms and introduce a member management system to enhance personalized services.

Through "Everyone's AI Laboratory," ideas from the field are transformed into AI services and business ventures. Users can utilize generative AI subscription tokens, private cloud, and AI development support tools in a natural language-based Vibe Coding environment. Consulting will also be provided for development using 99,000 public and private datasets and 13,000 APIs. A space for sharing related ideas and feedback will be created to foster a participatory development ecosystem. The government will provide 40,000 won worth of AI tokens to 30,000 individual users for use in "Everyone's AI Laboratory," and support 1 million to 3 million won each to 200 teams.

Offline, the "Everyone's AI Lounge" will be established in five regions nationwide (Seoul Metropolitan Area, Gangwon, Chungcheong, Gyeongsang, Jeolla·Jeju, etc.). The aim is for local residents and experts to identify regional issues and use the lounges as verification hubs for AI coaching and field testing. Outstanding development teams from the AI Laboratory and Lounge will be offered early-stage startup consulting and business support.

Vice Minister Bae said, "As we face a period of major transformation where AI is changing every aspect of life, the ability to use AI is a 'new basic competency' that everyone should have, and is at the core of our national competitiveness," and added, "We will carefully build the foundation for 'AI for Everyone' so that the benefits of AI do not remain limited to specific groups or regions, but reach all citizens."

Meanwhile, the launch ceremony was attended by Vice Minister Bae, as well as National Assembly members Jeong Junho, Lim Moonyeong, and Cho Incheol from the Greater Jeonnam-Gwangju Metropolitan Area, Gwangju Deputy Mayor for Safety and Welfare Ko Gwangwan, Kim Hyeongcheol, President of the National Information Society Agency, Jeong Woosung, Chairman of the Korea Foundation for the Advancement of Science and Creativity, as well as local students and youth.

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.