"AI Insight Sharing" SKT to Hold 'NUGU Conference' on the 20th of Next Month

[Asia Economy Reporter Eunmo Koo] SK Telecom announced on the 27th that it will hold the 'NUGU Conference 2021,' which shares insights on artificial intelligence (AI) platform development and service operation, online on October 20, and is accepting pre-registration through the event website.

Now in its fourth year, the 'NUGU Conference' is an event hosted by SK Telecom to foster the domestic AI ecosystem by bringing together various stakeholders in AI-related technologies and business areas. This year, the event will be held online via the event website. At this conference, SK Telecom plans to present the evolution and development direction of the AI platform 'NUGU' and share insights gained from commercializing and operating various 'NUGU' services.

This year’s 'NUGU Conference' will introduce various services including 'NUGU Auto,' announced on the 16th, ▲ the 'NUGU Dual Agent' that uses both 'NUGU' and Amazon’s 'Alexa' simultaneously, ▲ 'NUGU Vision,' which provides convenient services through AI video recognition, and ▲ 'AI Call Recording,' where AI analyzes voice call recordings to distinguish speakers and convert speech to text.

Currently, the 'NUGU Conference' is accepting pre-registrations through the event website. Among participants who apply by October 13, 300 people will receive gifts such as ▲ a 'NUGU Celeb' usage voucher, ▲ hand cream from Hanmi Pharmaceutical, a collaborator through NUGU Developers, and ▲ an 'Early Bird Kit' containing a notebook, pen, stickers, and drip coffee.

Hyun-A Lee, Head of SK Telecom AI&CO (Company), said, “The AI speaker 'NUGU,' the first commercialized AI speaker in Korea, is celebrating its 5th anniversary this year. Through the NUGU Conference, we will introduce various services and technologies of NUGU, which is evolving and developing as an AI platform, and contribute to the development of the AI ecosystem by sharing insights gained from developing and operating AI services.”