AI creative technology company Tamar AI said on Wednesday it has concluded Arena Peak Asia, an AI video creation hackathon held simultaneously in Seoul, Shanghai and Tokyo from Oct. 16 to 18.
In South Korea, 40 teams produced AI short films over 32 hours, the company said. Team YAHO won a bronze prize in combined judging across South Korea, China and Japan with its work, "Seopyun".
A total of 160 teams took part in the event, including 75 from China, 45 from Japan and 40 from South Korea. Tamar AI hosted the event, and Kling AI joined as an exclusive model co-creation partner.
Tamar AI will screen the contest winners on Oct. 24 at Seoul AI Film Night.
Tamar AI provides TapNow, an AI-native creative OS that supports the full production process from script planning to video generation and editing and final completion.
TapNow allows users to access various AI models and creative tools in one place, and it has more than 4 million professional users in more than 150 countries and regions worldwide.
Earlier, Tamar AI took part in the Asian Contents & Film Market (ACFM), the official market of the Busan International Film Festival. It conducted product demonstrations and an opening presentation and screened selected AI creative works online.