# South Korea teaches AI in primary schools in bid to become a global superpower

https://mins.news/en/video/85254

- Al Jazeera English, 2026-10-04 10:30 UTC
- Tech
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1z8riKjKD1w

> South Korea is investing almost $900bn to compete with China and the US as an AI superpower. To build a strong domestic talent pool, primary pupils are learning robotics and coding while also examining the ethics of the technologies they create.

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