IANS | 12 Apr, 2024
Internet company Kakao said on Friday it has joined a global
consortium that promotes open-source artificial intelligence (AI)
research and development, becoming the first South Korean corporate
member of the initiative.
Kakao said it is the first South Korean
firm to join the AI Alliance led by global tech giants IBM and Meta, as
part of efforts to help create a local AI ecosystem that meets global
standards, reports Yonhap news agency.
The AI Alliance was founded
in December by a range of organisations, from global big tech companies
and startups to public institutes and universities, and currently has
around 100 members.
The consortium aims to accelerate open
innovation across the AI technology landscape to improve foundational
capabilities, safety, security and trust in AI.
The AI Alliance
plans to develop and deploy benchmarks and evaluation standards, tools,
and other resources that enable the responsible development and use of
AI systems at global scale.
"We will cooperate with the AI
Alliance to create a safe and credible open-source AI ecosystem that
meets global standards," Kim Kyung-hoon, head of Kakao's AI safety
division, said.
