This AI system achieves following two major innovations.

• First, we achieved 82.7% of reading accuracy which is above 80% of our target for initial AI solution models developed by 2021. Currently, customs inspectors have only 0.4% accuracy to read illegal duplication with the naked eye. However, the AI system can currently detect illegal copies when customs clearance is performed with 82% accuracy, providing a high level of public customs service for Korean.
• Second, we can reduce the time to notify the right holder after detecting initial suspected goods, less than 5 minutes in the case of introducing AI solution from more than 1,440 minutes through customs inspectors visual inspection.

As of 2021, the AI system can read pirated copies with 82% reading accuracy. In addition, it is applied to the customs of Incheon and Pyeongtaek in Korea and is being tested to detect illegal copies entering from China. By 2022, the accuracy of reading illegal copies of artificial intelligence systems is expected to improve to 90%.

In addition, we are contributing greatly to the protection of intellectual property rights in Korea's strong industries by applying artificial intelligence piracy reading system to 89 major products that Korea has global competitiveness such as automobile parts, IT products, household goods, and rice products.

By 2023, we plan to increase the reading accuracy of the AI system to 93% or more, and from 2024, we plan to apply this AI system to all customs offices in Korea.

This AI project began in 2020 jointly organized by the Ministry of Science and ICT and the Korea Customs Service. The Korea Customs Service was having a hard time reading the explosive increase in illegal copies during customs clearance. The Ministry of Science and ICT found that if artificial intelligence and customs data can be fused to automatically read illegal copies, it can significantly reduce the burden on customs inspectors. NIPA also draws collaboration from companies with IPRs for AI.

For companies with IPRs in Korea, we expect to prevent infringement of IPRs by 60% (0.24 billion dollar per year compared to 0.4 billion dollar per year) of the overall inflow amount through illegal duplication in the case of applying this AI system to Customs in 2024.

For Customs officers, we can reduce the time to notify the right holder after detecting initial suspected goods, less than 5 minutes in the case of introducing AI solution from more than 1,440 minutes through visual inspection.

As of 2022, the AI system is being tested at two major customs offices in Korea. AI system is used to examine automotive parts, IT products, and beauty products as detailed items. The Korean government predicts that the accuracy of reading illegal copies of AI system will reach 90% by 2022. In addition, AI system reading accuracy is expected to improve to 93% by 2023 (currently 82%).

Korea imports about $600 billion worth of products from overseas annually. The Korean government predicts that about 2.2 percent of total imports will be illegal copies. If the AI system is applied to 34 customs in Korea from 2024, it is expected that up to 60% of the import amount of illegal copies will be detected when customs clearance is performed. The AI system not only protects companies with intellectual property rights in Korea from illegal copies, but also can increase the level of safety of the people by blocking imports of fake medicines and auto parts, for example.

• 'Data shortages for AI system' - Initial customs data is required for AI reading of major customs clearance items in 2020 but new business project faces challenges due to rejecting to provide company’s design rights of drawing (business secret) and lacking design information about imported items in customs clearance. Patent-holding companies in Korea hesitate to participate in the NIPA(affiliated institution for the Ministry of Science and ICT) AI demonstration-supported project for concerns about technical leakage in providing information of design rights.
• 'Securing demonstration environment in customs offices' - Korea Customs Service’s cooperation is crucial to AI model demonstration in customs clearance environment needed for a high level of security/quarantine, but the ministry lacks credibility for the initial AI solution. Since 2020, NIPA has held more than 10 briefing sessions with the Korea Customs Service, AI, and IPR companies leading to voluntary cooperation.

There were three success factors before the AI system was successful in Korea.

• The first is cooperation between the government and private companies. The first success factor in the development of the AI system was to understand the necessity of introducing an artificial intelligence system at the customs site and to provide information related to intellectual property rights.
• Second, the Korean government provided a demonstration environment at the customs site. AI companies were able to verify the performance of AI systems and learn customs data in an empirical environment. Through this, we were able to secure the reading performance of the targeted AI system.
• Third, the number of companies with various AI technologies in Korea has increased, allowing them to develop necessary AI services. Korean AI companies with detailed AI-related technologies such as computer vision, voice recognition, and text translation are the third condition for the success of this project.

This AI system has various scalability. AI robots can search for fake products in online shopping malls to find illegal copies. In addition, companies can use this AI system to identify similar product designs in advance at the stage of applying for patents for intellectual property rights in Korea, such as trademarks and design rights. This allows companies to check in advance whether the patent they apply for violates existing intellectual property rights.

People can also use this AI system in our daily lives. Consumers can always check whether the product they purchase and use at an online shopping mall is genuine or illegal. The AI system is expected to provide a wide range of usability to businesses and individuals.

In addition to the customs clearance field presented in this case, AI can be widely used in areas close to public safety, such as medical care, finding missing children, and detecting harmful chemicals at chemical disaster sites. The Ministry of Science and ICT and the National IT Industry Promotion Agency (NIPA) have been developing AI services in earnest since 2020. AI is applied to various areas, ranging from the public safety area to the detection of defective products at manufacturing sites that Korea has advantages, and productivity improvement.

Through this convergence of various industrial areas of AI, it was confirmed that productivity in various fields such as manufacturing, finance, and medical care was greatly improved. On the other hand, we have learned that if data containing people's personal information is acquired during this process, these data also need to be managed reliably in a safe way.

We are very happy to introduce the artificial intelligence illegal reproduction reading system that is applied to customs clearance sites in Korea. Korea's artificial intelligence system is a project being promoted by the government and companies with intellectual property rights. Although there were difficulties in securing data in the early stages of the project, we have now achieved results such as securing more than 82% of illegal copies. And in 2024, we plan to apply this system to 34 customs sites in Korea.

I hope there will be an opportunity to share Korea's experience in developing an artificial intelligence illegal reproduction reading system and applying customs demonstration to OECD member countries.

Thank you.