Wrtn Technologies, an AI service platform corporations, said on the 6th that it will begin in earnest a nationwide project to strengthen AI capabilities, including distributing free vouchers for online AI education and developing an AI education curriculum. Wrtn signed a business partnership agreement in Aug. with LG AI Research Institute and AI Semiconductor corporations FuriosaAI to realize the vision of "AI for all." A Wrtn official said, "Through this program, we aim to move beyond exploring infrastructure collaboration to promote the practical effects of directly and indirectly supporting AI education and related activities."
Wrtn has partnered with Ablelearn, an AI literacy education specialist corporations, and Inflearn, an online education platform, to distribute vouchers that allow people to take AI education content for free. This curriculum is broadly designed, from courses for AI beginners—▲ understanding Generative AI ▲ basic prompting for using AI tools ▲ AI ethics and proper usage—to tailored lectures specialized by audience, such as ▲ preventing voice phishing with AI ▲ store marketing using AI ▲ polishing resumes with AI.
Wrtn will provide a free education voucher worth 200,000 won per person for taking this course. It is currently targeting about 200 people, and plans to expand to about 1,000 by the first half of next year.
Wrtn will also independently develop and unveil its own AI education curriculum and an AI competency and aptitude certification system. For the AI education curriculum, it will offer online and offline courses that reflect the needs of a wide range of people—from members of the general public unfamiliar with AI to office workers, small business owners, and groups disadvantaged in AI.
Wrtn will also develop an AI competency and aptitude certification system to help individuals and organizations who complete AI literacy education objectively measure their level and improve their capabilities. The certification system goes beyond asking simple AI knowledge and focuses on verifying the specific ways users utilize AI. Both the AI education curriculum and the competency and aptitude certification system are slated to be released within the year.
Park Min-jun, CEO of WrtnAX, who is overseeing this project, said, "A society's AX capabilities are directly linked to each individual's AI literacy," and added, "By expanding the target of the 'AI voucher' so that everyone can receive AI education easily and conveniently, we will take the lead in strengthening our society's overall AI competitiveness."