Publisher
Publisher · Founder & CEO, METAL
He started in fashion trend research, founded and ran a brand agency, and led Leica Camera Korea's education platform, Leica Akademie. In 2026 he founded METAL to build metallab.ai, a magazine that brings AI news from around the world to Korean readers first and in a form that is a pleasure to read.
Every METAL story passes a fact check against its original sources and quality gates before publication. Kim owns the editorial standards that decide what is read and what is rejected; press-sourced breaking stories and material from curated collection lanes become articles only after he approves them. When an error is confirmed after publication, the story is corrected or taken down and the rule itself is fixed.
Feb 2026 – present
METAL · Founder · CEO · Publisher, METAL (metallab.ai)
Designs the product, the editorial system and the brand ranking; sources global AI signals and builds brand intelligence; owns editorial direction and brand voice
Jan 2021 – Jan 2023
Leica Camera Korea · Akademie Manager & Education Director
Ran the Leica Akademie education platform end to end: curriculum design, recruiting photographer-instructors, teaching, and managing the Cheongdam and Yeoksam education spaces. Programs included the Master Class, Creative Photo Workshop, Salon and photo tours at home and abroad
Dec 2016 – Dec 2020
Archive · Founder
Brand experience, brand identity, marketing and design agency for fashion brands. Clients included Lotte Department Store's menswear division and the Doota facade campaign; published the quarterly Archive Journal
Mar 2012 – Mar 2013
F&F · Trend Research (R&D)
Fashion trend research
Mar 2012 – Feb 2015
ESMOD International · Bachelor's, Fashion Business
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OpenAI Academy partnered with AARP's OATS to hold free in-person ChatGPT workshops for 1,000 older adults across 10 U.S. cities on September 16. The share of ChatGPT messages linked to users 55 and older in the U.S. has grown from 6% to nearly 10% in a year.
The official ChatGPT account said on September 15 that GPT-5.5 will be pulled from every ChatGPT, ChatGPT Work, and Codex plan on October 14. OpenAI's developer account quickly drew a line, saying the model stays available through the API and Codex sessions authenticated with an API key.
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Sakana AI added Interactive Reading and PowerPoint export to its research agent Sakana Marlin on September 16. Click a citation and the AI points to the supporting passage in the source, and research findings now come out as editable slides.
