The artificial intelligence (AI) search startup Liner announced on the 4th that it has been selected as a target for support in the government's 'Independent AI Foundation Model' project, in which it participated as part of the SK Telecom consortium.
The SK Telecom consortium is led by SK Telecom and includes Seoul National University, KAIST, Liner, KRAFTON, Rebellions, and FortiTwoDot. It aims to implement 'full-stack AI' that encompasses the entire AI value chain, from semiconductors to services and data.
Liner aims to participate in this project as a 'specialized agent technology corporation for accurate AI search and information exploration,' contributing to minimizing AI hallucinations through ▲provision of user-based datasets ▲establishment of an accuracy evaluation system based on ranking models ▲design of a sentence-level reliability verification module. It also emphasized its commitment to enhancing the reliability and accuracy of the Korean independent foundation model.
Kim Jin-woo, CEO of Liner, said, 'Liner will contribute to applying the Korean-style AI foundation model deeply into the daily lives of all citizens, based on our AI technology built on tens of millions of user data from home and abroad, and our global service operation capabilities.' He added, 'We will achieve results that possess both technical completeness and effectiveness to be selected as the final model by joining forces with the country's top AI experts in the SK Telecom consortium.'
Meanwhile, the Ministry of Science and ICT announced that on this day, five elite teams for the 'Independent AI Foundation Model' project were selected, including Naver Cloud, Upstage, the NCSOFT subsidiary NC AI, and the AI Research Institute of the LG Management Development Institute, in addition to SK Telecom. The government plans to reduce the number of government-supported AI models by one at each six-month evaluation stage.