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Korea's independent AI foundation model project narrows to three teams

Announced the second-stage evaluation results of the independent AI foundation model project — Upstage, SK Telecom and LG AI Research advance; Motif Technologies eliminated. Scores combined benchmarks (40), expert review (35) and user evaluation (25)

Why it matters

All four teams' models were judged to meet the independence criteria; with a newly introduced public user evaluation included, the field narrowed to three

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Officialkorea.krhttps://www.korea.kr/briefing/policyBriefingView.do?newsId=156774781

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