KT Launches Korean AI Model in Strategic Collaboration with MS
Initially Applied to Its B2C Business…Expanding to Partner Services,
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, “[Seoul=Newsis] Reporter Park Eunbi = KT announced on the 29th that it has released a Korean AI model ‘SOTA K’ developed through strategic collaboration with Microsoft based on GPT-4o.”,
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, “This collaborative model intricately integrates Korean language with the social and cultural context of Korea into GPT-4o, with the aim of setting a new milestone in the domestic AI ecosystem.”,
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, “Existing large language models (LLMs) are primarily trained on English-centric data, thus facing limitations in reflecting the unique social and cultural contexts of Korea.”,
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, “To address this, KT has amassed a large volume of high-quality data tailored to Korea. Additionally, they have optimized GPT-4o into a model suited specifically for Korea in collaboration with Microsoft.”,
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, “SOTA K is a model that implements the four core philosophies of Korean AI: protection of data sovereignty, understanding of Korean culture, guaranteeing model selection between proprietary and open models, and ensuring safe and responsible AI.”,
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, “It is characterized by its ability to naturally understand and generate language in Korean honorifics and dialects, and terminologies in fields like law, finance, and history. The company states that it has outperformed the existing GPT-4o model in civil service exams and naturalization tests covering Korean history, language, and legislation.”,
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, “The model also holds potential for use in specialized interpretation of insurance terms at Meritz Fire & Marine Insurance, customized learning material for EBS for elementary to high school levels, mixed language medical data patient explanations at Yonsei Medical Center, and Q&A services at Korea Electric Power Corporation.”,
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, “KT operates domestically in existing cloud regions and offers a service environment that can customize into a knowledge base by combining its self-developed vector model-based Korean search-augmented generation (RAG) technology. As a result, clients can utilize their unique data to experience more accurate and tailored AI services.”,
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, “KT plans to apply SOTA K to its B2C business first, to verify the lineup of proprietary and collaborative models, and then expand service offerings to partners.”,
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, “Yoon Kyung-a, head of KT’s Agentic AI Lab (Vice President), stated, ‘SOTA K is an innovative model that realizes both globally competitive technology and Korean AI specialization,’ adding, ‘It will contribute to activating the domestic AI ecosystem and lead innovation using AI across both public and private sectors, enhancing national AI competitiveness.'”,
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