AI & Enterprise
Dokpamo second-round countdown as multimodal seen as key factor
South Korea’s government-led “homegrown AI foundation model” project is entering a second evaluation phase, drawing industry interest in development direction. After the first round hinged on whether teams built models from scratch, companies expect multimodal capabilities to become a key dividing line. SK Telecom, LG AI Research and Upstage are preparing multimodal foundation models. The Ministry of Science and ICT plans an additional selection after dropping 2 teams and adding 1.
