SK Group has decided not to produce the paper calendars and management planners (diaries) it provided to employees every year at the end of the year. The move is seen as a measure across all group affiliates to increase the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in work.
According to the business community on the 20th, SK will expand the rollout of its in-house developed work AI assistant "adot Biz (A. Biz)" to 25 affiliates in the group by the end of this year, and as a related step decided to stop distributing paper calendars and management planners starting next year.
Adot Biz is a work AI assistant jointly developed by SK Telecom and SK Corp. AX and was officially launched at the end of June. It supports a variety of tasks such as internal and external information searches, schedule management, meeting room reservations, and meeting minutes drafting.
For example, if you enter "Check for a meeting room available tomorrow morning," it checks and books a meeting room considering the employee's pre-entered schedule. It can also send invitations to meeting participants and reflect them on the calendar. It further supports professional tasks in several fields, such as reviewing materials and advising on specific issues and monitoring and compiling company-related news.
SK Group affiliates have recently been adopting adot Biz one after another. Since last month, 10 affiliates, including SK Telecom and SK Corp. AX, SKC, SK Networks, and SK Broadband, have been using adot Biz, and SK hynix, SK Innovation, and SK ecoplant are also scheduled to complete adoption within this year.
SK Group is also strengthening AI education for all employees. It held the "AI leadership program" four times from Sep. to Oct. for executives of major affiliates. Employees are also completing online courses that include understanding AI concepts, utilization technologies, and the latest methods of using AI.
Many interpret SK Group's acceleration of AI transformation as reflecting the will of Chairman Chey Tae-won. Chey has emphasized that AI transformation is essential to securing future competitiveness in manufacturing and that each member should use AI in daily work.
At the "Icheon Forum 2025" held at the SK Seorin Building in Aug., Chey said, "Only when each member can play around with AI comfortably can we achieve innovation and success," adding, "People should focus more on roles that create new and creative value."