The move was part of an educational reform discussed at a recent two-day Workers' Party gathering which was held late last month and attended by leader Kim Jong-un, the state-run Rodong Sinmun reported on Wednesday.
The daily further explained that universities have reorganized their study programs by consolidating departments and faculties to foster innovation through AI-related courses and programs to "nurture future talent."
Notorious for its formidable hacking professionals and groups with advanced cybercrime expertise, the country, apparently awakened to the explosive growth of AI, appears determined to keep up with the latest trends and use them in operations or activities for the sake of the regime's survival.
But it remains to be seen how extensively the reclusive country, where even internet access is heavily restricted or blocked, will adopt the fastest-evolving technology, especially given that AI could expose North Koreans to information about South Korea as well as the outside world, making them become disillusioned with what they've been told about their own country.
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