SEOUL, Aug. 24 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean tech giant Naver Corp. on Thursday unveiled an upgraded version of its hyperscale artificial intelligence model HyperCLOVA X and its conversational chatbot service tailored for the Korean language. It is Naver’s weapon of choice to win the ongoing global battle for linguistic AI that has intensified since [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Telecom Co., South Korea’s top wireless carrier, said Wednesday it will unveil a strategy involving the integration of its large language model (LLM) with models from its partner companies. The company aims to offer industry-specific LLMs that enable the unique features and advantages of LLMs to be realized [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – SK Telecom Co. said Sunday it will expand the diagnostic capabilities of X Caliber, an artificial intelligence (AI)-based solution for analyzing X-rays in pets. X Caliber has proven effective in identifying seven musculoskeletal disorders, ten thoracic diseases, and cases of cardiomegaly. The company’s upcoming plans involve incorporating the sixteen [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Telecom Co., South Korea’s largest wireless carrier, said Thursday it has utilized artificial intelligence (AI) technology to generate vivid videos of prominent independence activists, whose images have remained blurry in photographs. The video media art showcases historical figures such as Ahn Jung-geun and Yu Gwan-sun, all produced using [...]
SEOUL, July 27 (Korea Bizwire) — The Personal Information Protection Commission (PIPC) said Thursday it has imposed a fine of 3.6 million won (US$2,829) on OpenAI, the operator of the generative chatbot ChatGPT, for exposing the personal information of 687 South Korean users. A now-patched bug in an open-source library on ChatGPT created a caching [...]
SEOUL, July 26 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s top portal operator Naver Corp. said Tuesday it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with car-sharing and mobility service provider SOCAR Inc. to foster mutual cooperation for mobility service innovation using its hyperscale artificial intelligence (AI) platform, HyperCLOVA X. According to the terms of the MOU, [...]
SEOUL, July 25 (Korea Bizwire) – Top carmaker Hyundai Motor Co., leading battery maker LG Energy Solution Ltd. and several other major South Korean companies joined hands with smaller firms to seek ways to maximize the use of artificial intelligence in key industries, the industry ministry said Tuesday. A total of 20 South Korean conglomerates [...]
SEOUL, July 19 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Telecom Co., South Korea’s top wireless carrier, said Tuesday it has launched a video control solution utilizing artificial intelligence (AI) technology for video recognition to monitor various accidents. Developed in collaboration with local software development company Innodep, the solution utilizes video recognition AI technology to analyze individuals, vehicles, [...]
SEOUL, July 19 (Korea Bizwire) — LG AI Research, the artificial intelligence lab under LG Group, unveiled the second generation of its giant, multimodal AI model Wednesday, accelerating its efforts to become a force to be reckoned with in the increasingly competitive global AI race. The EXAONE 2.0 operates faster and more efficiently and saves [...]
SEOUL, July 13 (Korea Bizwire) — U.S. tech giant Google has seen great potential for artificial intelligence (AI) technologies in South Korea, as it has chosen Korean as its priority service language besides English for its AI-based chatbot, Bard, a senior company official said Thursday. “With Bard launched in Korean in 2023, this is one [...]