KT Corp. 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 generative AI enterprise on the KT headquarters in central Seoul on Oct. 19. Courtesy of KT Corp
Korea’s main cell provider KT stated Sunday it is going to be a part of palms with Thailand’s communication know-how firm Jasmine Group to create a big language mannequin (LLM) service based mostly on the Thai language.
Heads of the 2 corporations held a gathering at KT’s headquarters in central Seoul on Thursday and agreed to collectively create a Thai language-based LLM mannequin and devise a advertising technique for the Southeast Asian market and a response to synthetic intelligence (AI)-related rules within the area, in keeping with KT officers.
The dialogue got here after KT and Jasmine Expertise Answer, Jasmine Group’s ICT methods arm, signed a memorandum of understanding for the mission final month.
KT stated it is 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 quantity of 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 keeping with international analysis agency Statista.
“We anticipate to contribute to strengthening Thailand’s competitiveness within the AI trade via cooperation with Jasmine Group, and moreover, achieve breaking floor within the Southeast Asian AI market,” KT CEO Kim Younger-shub, stated. (Yonhap)
