On the 4th, the consortium led by KRAFTON and SK Telecom was selected as the elite team for the government-led 'independent AI foundation model' project.
The SK Telecom consortium aims to implement a full-stack AI based on independent technologies connecting semiconductors, models, data, and services, and to publicly release the developed artificial intelligence (AI) models as open source in the domestic ecosystem.
According to KRAFTON on the 5th, it will lead the architecture design and learning algorithm research for the next-generation multimodal (AI technology integrating different forms of data such as text, images, speech, and video) model in this consortium. Based on this, it will develop AI solutions specialized for domains such as gaming and also promote the development of interfaces (APIs) applicable to game content, including AI NPCs and story engines.
In fact, KRAFTON has a platform for collecting multimodal datasets, which are organically linked based on gameplay data, including vision, text, speech, and actions.
Lee Gang-wook, head of deep learning at KRAFTON, noted, "The unique technological capabilities that KRAFTON holds in the fields of multimodal and game-specialized AI will be an important differentiator within the consortium," and stated, "We will actively contribute to the advancement of the domestic AI ecosystem and securing global leadership together with the SK Telecom consortium."
Meanwhile, in addition to the SK Telecom consortium, consortiums led by Naver Cloud, Upstage, NCSOFT's subsidiary NC AI, and LG Business School's AI Research Institute were also selected as five elite teams for the 'independent AI foundation model' project. The government plans to gradually reduce the number of AI models eligible for government support through periodic evaluations every six months.