NC AI said on the 16th that it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Korea Textile Development Institute and Keimyung University to cooperate on AI-based support for the growth of fashion corporations and talent development to strengthen a sustainable K-fashion ecosystem.
The agreement focuses on training practical fashion AI talent, creating an AX (AI transformation) ecosystem for fashion corporations, and conducting joint research and information exchange to boost the fashion industry. The three institutions aim to build an industry-academia-research cooperation system that enhances the competitiveness of regional fashion corporations with AI and digital technologies and nurtures practical AI talent that can be applied immediately in the field.
In particular, it will run a fashion AI education program in connection with the Regional Innovation-led University Support System (RISE) project promoted by the Jisan-Hak Talent Institute and the Department of Fashion Marketing at Keimyung University College of Fine Arts. It will open job-centered AI courses for employees of corporations and young people, and strengthen a practical industry-academia cooperation model using NC AI's fashion domain–specialized Generative AI solution "Varco ArtFashion."
Varco ArtFashion is an AI solution that learns professional fashion images, fabrics, and trend data to accurately reflect the terminology and aesthetics unique to the fashion industry. Designers can generate design drafts with only prompt inputs and realistically synthesize new fabrics or patterns along garment wrinkles. It also enables the production of editorial and detail page images in various concepts without hiring real models or studio shoots, improving efficiency and agility across design and marketing.
Through this agreement, fashion corporations can reduce expense with AI-based design and marketing and improve profitability through virtual consumer reaction tests. In education, students can experience AI-based design practice without expensive equipment or fabrics and are expected to acquire practical capabilities that can be applied on site immediately after graduation.
Im Su-jin, NC AI CBO, said, "AI technology is a key tool that maximizes operational efficiency and creative outcomes for fashion corporations," adding, "Through cooperation with the Korea Textile Development Institute and Keimyung University, we will spread AI utilization models that can be felt in the field and actively cooperate in cultivating AI talent for the fashion industry."