SK Telecom Elite Team Presents Project Direction
Exploring Ways to Strengthen Collaboration in Korea's AI Ecosystem
Krafton announced on the 19th that it successfully concluded the "2025 Foundation Model Tech Workshop" held in collaboration with the elite team from SK Telecom.
The elite team from SK Telecom, participating in the Ministry of Science and ICT's development of an 'Independent Artificial Intelligence (AI) Foundation Model,' is taking a commemorative photo at the '2025 Foundation Model Tech Workshop.' Photo provided by Krafton
The workshop took place the previous day at the "War Room," a dedicated space for the elite team located in Seongsu-dong, Seoul. Companies and institutions participating in the development of an independent artificial intelligence (AI) foundation model, led by SK Telecom, introduced the direction of the independent foundation model project and exchanged opinions on advancing domestic AI technology.
They shared the latest technologies and application cases in foundation model research with various stakeholders, including AI researchers and university students, and explored ways to strengthen collaboration within the domestic AI ecosystem. The presentation sessions covered a range of topics, including large-scale model training (SK Telecom), foundation model preliminary research (Seoul National University and KAIST), AI semiconductors (Rebellions), and real-world application cases (Krafton).
Kim Taeyoon, Head of Foundation Model at SK Telecom, gave a presentation titled "Korea's AI National Team: The Independent Foundation Model Created by the SK Telecom Consortium," in which he explained the background and research direction behind the unprecedented domestic challenge of developing an ultra-large model with 500 billion parameters.
Kim Kunhee, Professor at Seoul National University, and Lee Kimin, Professor at KAIST, presented their research achievements on audio generation based on multimodal learning and action models expanded from large language models, respectively. Kim Hongseok, Chief Software Architect at Rebellions, shared optimization technologies for inference based on domestically produced AI semiconductors.
From Krafton, Manager Jegal Yoon introduced the in-house AI agent "KRIS." Following this, Team Leader Kim Hyunseung explained "PUBG Ally," a new concept of interactive character (CPC) that plays games and communicates in real time with users.
Lee Kangwook, Head of AI at Krafton, stated, "This workshop was a meaningful event where the SK Telecom consortium shared its research achievements and laid the foundation for collaboration between domestic AI researchers and the industry. Krafton will continue to expand activities that contribute to the development of the domestic AI ecosystem."
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