Naver, in partnership with Seoul National University Hospital (SNUH), unveiled on the 28th a medical-specialized large language model (LLM) optimized for Korea's healthcare environment.
On the day, Naver held a "Medical AGI (general-purpose medical artificial intelligence)" event with Seoul National University Hospital at the hospital in Jongno, Seoul, and unveiled "Kmed.ai," a Korean-language medical-specialized LLM.
Kmed.ai is a model trained extensively on Seoul National University Hospital's clinical data, SNUH ClinicalQA, the Medical Service Act, and guidelines by each department, and, the company said, it proved world-class medical specialization by scoring an average of 96.4 on the 2025 Korean Medical Licensing Examination (KMLE). Reflecting feedback from actual SNUH medical staff, it is being evaluated as a case of a "medical sovereign AI" that deeply understands Korea's healthcare system, clinical practices, and the legal framework.
Based on Kmed.ai, Naver and SNUH also built a medical-specialized agent platform that integrates AI across tasks such as document drafting assistance and diagnostic support. The goal is to allow anyone at the hospital to use AI safely to improve work efficiency, and the plan is to enhance stability and accuracy through future functional upgrades.
Lee Hae-jin, Naver's chair, said, "A medical-specialized LLM will protect the most sensitive medical data safely while improving clinicians' efficiency and patient satisfaction," and added, "We hope it becomes a successful example of a medical sovereign AI that understands Korea's medical reality and the Medical Service Act most deeply."
Meanwhile, Naver is driving digital transformation in healthcare by introducing services such as "Smart Survey," an online history-taking service linked to EMR, and "Patient Summary," which automatically classifies and analyzes past test and checkup results. It is also expanding the medical AI ecosystem by continuing to invest in healthcare corporations such as J&P Medi, InBody, and Cenacle.