AI & Enterprise

Kakao language model Kanana-2 outperforms overseas models in safety assessment

Kakao has disclosed numerical safety verification results for its self-developed lightweight language models. The company said on Aug. 18 that two open-source models in its Kanana-2 series scored higher than major global models of similar size on assessments of harmfulness and bias, confirming top-tier safety. The evaluation used AssurAI, a Korea-designed safety benchmark, and compared the models with Google’s Gemma and Alibaba’s Qwen.

AI & Enterprise

Cloud Networks to supply Kong AI traffic management gateway in South Korea

Cloud Networks said on Aug. 18 it has partnered with global API and AI connectivity company Kong to supply Kong AI Gateway in South Korea. The company said Kong AI Gateway centrally manages enterprise AI traffic through a single gateway. The two companies said they will cooperate to support South Korean companies in building AI operating systems as governance and control needs rise with broader workplace use of generative AI and large language models.