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Six bidders including SKT, KT and Kakao join Korea\'s AI-for-all tender, selection due end-August

Six companies or consortia, including SK Telecom, Kakao and KT, have entered a tender for the South Korean government\'s AI public service project dubbed AI for All. The Ministry of Science and ICT said on Aug. 18 it received six proposals. Lead organisations are SKT, MKD, ESTsoft, Xenon, Kakao and KT. The ministry plans to select operators by end-August and launch the service within the year after an agreement and beta service.

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Dockpamo phase 2 shows usability decisive as project to be reshaped into frontier AI after final two teams selected

South Korea’s second-stage evaluation for the government’s independent AI foundation model project found usability and potential industrial and service application were decisive. Motif Technologies was eliminated despite leading global benchmarks, while Upstage, SK Telecom and LG AI Research advanced on strengths such as commercial deployment plans, industrial demonstrations and ecosystem expansion. The government will hold a third-stage contest to pick two final teams, but has not set detailed criteria or schedule and is reviewing 2027 support plans linked to a frontier AI model programme.

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Government pushes overhaul of Korean AI foundation model project support format

South Korea\'s government said on Aug. 18 it will seek to overhaul the support format for its homegrown AI foundation model project from the third evaluation onward, after releasing results of the second evaluation. Upstage, SK Telecom and LG AI Research passed the second evaluation and advanced to the third stage. The government will select two final companies after the third evaluation under the original plan.