Daegu launches 'AX Committee' to drive AI transformation across industry and public services

Daegu city held a launch and kickoff meeting for its "Daegu AX Committee" at the main auditorium of the Sangyeok government complex Monday, formally beginning its push to apply AI transformation — known as AX, for AI Transformation — across local industry, public administration and everyday civic life.

The Daegu AX Committee is a flagship campaign pledge of the city's ninth elected administration, established to spread AI technology throughout regional industries and public services and drive meaningful change on the ground.

The committee is structured around three bodies: the AX Committee itself, composed of experts from industry, academia and research; specialized working groups bringing in technical and field practitioners by sector; and the Daegu-style AX Alliance, a network of associations and organizations focused on identifying grassroots needs and scaling up adoption.

The specialized working groups will operate across four areas — lifestyle AX, industrial AX, public-sector AX and AX infrastructure — analyzing sector-specific issues and identifying concrete action items.

At the kickoff meeting, participants reviewed the committee's operational direction, the central government's M.AX (Manufacturing AI Transformation) project plans, and the current state of AX initiatives and notable cases in the region.

Attendees then exchanged views on the AX priorities most urgently needed in Daegu, pressing local challenges and the AX strategies the city should focus on going forward.

Daegu city plans to sustain discussions through the committee and working groups, translating issues identified in the field into concrete policies and projects.

"What matters is not simply adopting AI technology, but using it to strengthen the competitiveness of businesses and bring real change to people's lives," Daegu Mayor Choo Kyung-ho said. "We will start from the voices on the ground, identify actionable tasks, and build a differentiated AX strategy that draws on Daegu's strengths."