KT companions with Jasmine Group to create Thai Language Mannequin Service

KT CEO Kim Younger-shub, fourth from proper, and Jasmine Group chief Pete Bodharamik, fourth from left, pose for a photograph after holding a strategic partnership assembly for the generative AI enterprise on the KT headquarters in central Seoul on Oct. 19, 2023. [YONHAP]

Cell service KT will workforce up with Jasmine Group, a Thai communication know-how agency, in a bid to create a big language mannequin (LLM) service primarily based on the Thai language.

Heads of the 2 corporations agreed on Thursday to collectively create a Thai language-based LLM mannequin and devise a advertising and marketing technique for the Southeast Asian market and a response to AI-related rules within the area, in response to KT officers.

The dialogue held at KT’s headquarters in central Seoul got here after KT and Jasmine Know-how Resolution, Jasmine Group’s ICT methods arm, signed a memorandum of understanding for the venture final month.

KT mentioned it’s going to share applied sciences used for creating Mi:dm, the corporate’s hyperscale AI service to be launched later this month, to develop the LLM mannequin for Thailand, whereas Jasmine Group will analyze the regional market and construct a graphics processing unit (GPU) farm to energy the LLM.

The 2 corporations plan to assemble the GPU farm within the first half of subsequent 12 months and begin creating the Thai LLM within the second half.

The generative AI market in Southeast Asia is predicted to achieve $1.41 billion in 2023 and sharply develop to $7.65 billion by 2030, in response to international analysis agency Statista.

“We anticipate to contribute to strengthening Thailand’s competitiveness within the AI trade by means of cooperation with Jasmine Group, and moreover, achieve breaking floor within the Southeast Asian AI market,” KT CEO Kim Younger-shub, mentioned.

BY JIN MIN-JI, YONHAP [jin.minji@joongang.co.kr]