Joint Research for AI Technology Development
Cooperation to Revitalize Innovative Services and Exchanges
The Institute for Information & Communications Technology Planning & Evaluation (IITP) signed a comprehensive cooperation agreement with Google on the 24th (local time) at the Andaz Hotel in New York, USA, to promote joint research in the digital field, talent development, and exchange.
Hong Jin-bae, President of the Institute for Information & Communications Technology Planning and Evaluation, and Karan Bhatia, Vice President of Global Policy and Government Relations at Google, are taking a commemorative photo after signing a business cooperation agreement in the United States on the 24th (local time).
Since the 'Ministry of Science and ICT-Google AI Week 2023' held in July last year, IITP and Google have been collaborating on planning new projects to promote joint research in the AI field between Korea and Google. Through a public contest held in the first half of this year, the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) was selected and started joint research this month with Google's Cloud AI research team.
The joint research aims to develop a "multimodal, multilingual customized AI tutor" and will be conducted over two years. Through this, it is expected to secure core personalized AI technologies essential for improving accuracy and safety in the education sector AI and contribute to bridging educational gaps such as supporting multicultural learners.
The main contents of the cooperation include ① joint research (R&D) ② talent development ③ activation of exchanges, and the scope of cooperation between the two organizations is expected to expand from the existing AI joint research to all areas of digital technology.
Hong Jin-bae, President of IITP, stated, "Collaboration with global companies like Google will greatly contribute to domestic research and development institutions' entry into the global stage and leading the development of innovative services," and added, "We expect synergy between the two organizations in aspects such as joint research and talent development through this cooperation."
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