Domestic artificial intelligence (AI) models are expanding their use across key industries, from semiconductor manufacturing sites to agricultural machinery, finance, and nuclear power plant operations.
The Ministry of Science and ICT on the 1st announced use cases of K-AI models from four companies, including SK Telecom, Motif Technologies, Upstage, and Naver Cloud. The cases show that the government's independent AI foundation model project and the homegrown AI ecosystem are moving beyond research and development into actual industrial sites.
SK Telecom applied its in-house AI model technology to SK hynix's semiconductor business sites. The two companies are advancing an AI-based work support system in the semiconductor work environment, where security sensitivity is high and change is rapid. They are also reviewing ways to expand the scope of K-AI to advanced semiconductor manufacturing sites.
Motif Technologies, together with AI mobility specialist MobiRUS, will drive AI transformation in the agricultural machinery sector. In connection with the independent AI foundation model project, MobiRUS plans to integrate an AI based on video, language, and action models into Autonomous Driving agricultural machinery that recognizes visual and language information and links it to real-world actions.
Upstage loaded its independent AI model "Solar" onto "Ali," a service by enterprise AI solutions specialist Allganize. Ali is a service that allows users to build and operate apps and AI agents without separate coding. It is being supplied to public institutions such as Korea Land & Housing Corporation (LH) and KEPCO KDN Co. (KDN), as well as to the financial sector including Hanwha Life Insurance, NH Investment & Securities, and Woori Investment & Securities. As Allganize also provides services to overseas companies in Japan and the United States, the potential for overseas expansion of domestic AI models has grown.
Naver Cloud cooperated with Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co. (KHNP) to build a Generative AI platform dedicated to the nuclear power industry based on its in-house AI model. It is cited as the world's first case of applying Generative AI to nuclear plant operation and management. The two sides plan to use AI to analyze vast nuclear plant operation data and technical documents to improve on-site safety and operational efficiency.
The Ministry of Science and ICT believes K-AI is establishing itself not just as a work automation tool but as a foundational technology that boosts productivity and safety in national key industries such as manufacturing, mobility, and energy. As cases of industrial application of domestic AI models increase, the pace of securing sovereign AI competitiveness is also expected to accelerate.