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MSIT minister steps in amid questions over Korean AI foundation model project, two-track push with frontier AI

South Korea’s Ministry of Science and ICT moved to calm growing talk that the domestically developed AI foundation model project known as Dokpamo could be halted. Minister Bae Kyung-hoon said the project would continue and that the government should also challenge frontier AI. The ministry said nothing had been decided on halting Dokpamo or forming a special-purpose company. Industry figures said the boundary between Dokpamo and frontier AI remains unclear.