NHN said on the 14th that it signed a business agreement with its senior care subsidiary NHN Waplat and iCLO to build an "AI smart home care" system.
The agreement is intended to respond to the "AI smart home care" project linked to the Ministry of Health and Welfare's "Aging in Place" policy, with the goal of building a platform that provides around-the-clock, daily-life-integrated care in the home environment.
Under the agreement, NHN will support AI infrastructure capable of processing and analyzing large-scale health data, and NHN Waplat will handle service development and operations based on the "Waplat AI life support worker" platform. iCLO will provide oral health monitoring and AI analysis data to expand the scope of care.
The "Waplat AI life support worker" is an AI care platform that integrates seniors' safety, health, daily life, and emotional well-being using a smartphone. By applying AI human technology, it implemented a user experience akin to conversing with an actual life support worker, and it has verified service effectiveness through high utilization.
Based on an AI oral examination solution that can assess oral conditions with just a smartphone camera, iCLO plans to include the previously neglected area of oral health in the care management system.
NHN plans to continue expanding the AI smart home care network with existing partner corporations to continuously monitor the living environments of older adults and vulnerable groups and to build a prevention-centered care model that responds in advance to potential health risks.
Kim Jun-bae, CEO of iCLO, said, "We will expand oral health into the realm of everyday care and establish a prevention-centered management system," while Hwang Sun-young, CEO of NHN Waplat, said, "We will pool each company's strengths to implement an AI care model that aligns with policy directions."