Naver bets W1tr on creator content in AI push

Naver said Thursday it will invest 1 trillion won ($663 million) over the next five years to strengthen its creator ecosystem, betting that user-generated content will become a key asset in the next phase of artificial intelligence services.

“The center of competition among AI platforms is moving toward data quality and service competitiveness,” Chief Data and Contents Officer Kim Kwang-hyun said at the company’s media roundtable in Seoul.

“Naver’s independent content ecosystem, built over more ...