The National Science and Technology Council will deploy 6G next-generation communications in advance, and will expand its budget to invest in 6G technology deployment next year on the basis of existing 5G and low-orbit satellite communications.

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[Reporter Yang Yuanting/Taipei Report] The National Science Council will deploy 6G next-generation communications in advance. Chairman Wu Zhengzhong said today (10th) that on the basis of existing 5G and low-orbit satellite communications, he will expand the budget to invest in 6G technology layout next year. He, who is the political commissar of science and technology, also revealed that the Political Yuan has started to formulate regulations related to artificial intelligence (AI), and the draft is expected to be released in September this year.

The 4th committee meeting of the National Science Council will be held today, and the meeting will focus on issues such as the forward-looking layout of 6G. Wu Zhengzhong said at the press conference after the meeting that the frequency range of 6G will become higher. After combining with low-orbit communication satellites, the future impact level will be higher than that of 4G. 5G is more extensive. Although it will take at least 2 years for 6G to truly enter the practical stage, now is the time to start the layout. The National Science and Technology Council will expand investment in 6G technology next year, including IC design and application, and pointed out that in the future 6G will also involve automobiles, For precise health applications, the overall budget investment will gradually increase.

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The general public is now increasingly using generative AI such as ChatGPT, etc. Wu Zhengzhong said that generative AI will have a considerable impact on society. For general-purpose chatbots such as ChatGPT, even if people ask casually, the chatbot I will still answer, but from the perspective of national security and corporate information security, Taiwan must develop a "reliable AI dialogue engine" with Taiwanese characteristics and mainly traditional Chinese, so that government departments or enterprises can follow their own needs To apply, and provide their own data to train.

Wu Zhengzhong further pointed out that AI has entered the daily life of the people earlier than originally imagined, and it is expected to have a huge impact on society, which involves issues such as big data and personal privacy. Starting to draft the basic law on artificial intelligence, he also pointed out that the bill will not be handled by a single ministry, but will be comprehensively reviewed and discussed. He hopes that the draft will be released in the next session, in September.

The outside world is concerned about the preparation progress of the National Core and Key Technology Office. Chen Guoliang, director of the Prospective Division of the National Science and Technology Council, pointed out that the draft of the National Core and Key Technology Sub-law has completed the preview stage, and will wait for the other two sub-laws, including the National Security Law and the Cross-Strait Regulations, to be completed together. Announced by the Political Yuan, the National Council of Science and Technology will set up a "National Core Key Technology Review Committee" to invite experts from industry, government, academia and research to jointly identify the national core key technologies, and the announcement will take effect after the Political Yuan.