SK Telecom
PulseAugur coverage of SK Telecom — every cluster mentioning SK Telecom across labs, papers, and developer communities, ranked by signal.
- parent of Astell&Kern 100%
- parent of SK Group 90%
- competes with Upstage 70%
- affiliated with SK Group 70%
- competes with LG AI Research 70%
- developed by LG Group 70%
- invested in An Ape and a Fox 70%
- used by An Ape and a Fox 70%
- competes with Kakao 70%
- partners with Kakao 70%
- developed knot 70%
- competes with Motif Technologies 60%
- 2026-08-28 product_launch SK Telecom, Kakao, and KT have been selected to develop and deploy public AI chatbot services in South Korea. source
- 2026-07-05 product_launch SK Telecom announced plans for a 15GW AI data center buildout in South Korea. source
- 2026-06-29 funding SK Telecom is acquiring a stake in its subsidiary SK hynix NAND Product Solutions Corp. for $257 million to enhance its AI business. source
- 2026-06-19 regulatory The White House reportedly blocked SK Telecom's access to Anthropic's Claude "Mythos" AI model due to national security concerns. source
- 2026-06-18 regulatory SK Telecom is reportedly under scrutiny by the White House regarding its AI dealings with Anthropic. source
- 2026-06-18 regulatory US officials intervened to restrict SK Telecom's access to Anthropic's AI model due to alleged ties with China. source
- 2026-06-17 regulatory The White House ordered Anthropic to revoke SK Telecom's access to Claude "Mythos" due to alleged ties with China. source
- 2026-06-07 product_launch SK Telecom plans to construct a gigawatt-scale AI cloud facility in South Korea using NVIDIA technology. source
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Nvidia Deepens South Korean Partnerships for AI Infrastructure
Nvidia's recent collaborations with SK Hynix (for Vera CPU memory) and SK Telecom (for a new AI cloud facility) highlight a strategic deepening of its partnerships within South Korea. This focus on South Korean firms for both hardware components and AI infrastructure development underscores the region's growing importance in Nvidia's AI ecosystem.
South Korean Regulators to Scrutinize AI Cloud Data Security
Following the record fine levied against Coupang for a data breach, South Korean regulators are likely to increase scrutiny on data protection measures across all rapidly growing tech sectors. SK Telecom's upcoming gigawatt-scale AI cloud facility, handling potentially vast amounts of sensitive data, may face stringent data security and privacy compliance requirements.
SK Telecom's AI Cloud Facility to Drive Demand for South Korean Semiconductor Materials
SK Telecom's planned gigawatt-scale AI cloud facility, utilizing NVIDIA technology and set to operate in 2027, will likely increase demand for advanced semiconductor materials. Specifically, the mention of glass substrates as a critical material for advanced packaging, with commercialization expected around 2026, suggests a potential surge in their adoption driven by this new AI infrastructure.
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Anthropic valuation hits $965B, driving Amazon and Google AI narratives
Anthropic, a leading AI lab known for its Claude models, has seen its valuation skyrocket, reaching over $965 billion in a recent Series H funding round. While the company remains private, investors can gain exposure th…
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AI agents need external connection, not just internal automation
The author argues that while many companies are focusing on internal automation with AI agents, they are neglecting the crucial aspect of external connection and discovery. Current AI agent applications primarily aim to…
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South Korea to offer free, unlimited AI access to all citizens
South Korea is launching an ambitious initiative to provide all citizens with free, unlimited access to generative AI services. This program, dubbed "AI for All," aims to integrate AI into daily life for tasks such as m…
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Startup VIDRAFT's LLM Outperforms Korean Conglomerates in Downloads
VIDRAFT, a South Korean startup, has achieved significant traction with its POCKET-35B language model, surpassing downloads from larger, government-backed conglomerates like LG, Naver, and Kakao. The model's popularity,…
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SK Telecom, Kakao, KT tapped for South Korea's public AI service project
Three major South Korean telecommunications companies, SK Telecom, Kakao, and KT, have been selected to develop and deploy public AI chatbot services. These services aim to compete with international AI models by offeri…
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South Korea offers free, unlimited AI access to all citizens · 8 sources tracked
South Korea is launching a nationwide initiative to provide all its citizens with free, unlimited access to generative AI services. This program aims to reduce reliance on foreign AI technologies by promoting the use of…
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South Korea funds national cybersecurity AI model; SKT, NAVER consortia bid
South Korea's Ministry of Science and ICT is funding a program to develop a national cybersecurity-specialized AI foundation model. Two major consortia, one led by SKT and another by NAVER Cloud, have submitted proposal…
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SK Telecom spins off AI data center business into SK Horizon
SK Telecom is spinning off SK Broadband's AI data center business into a new entity called SK Horizon. This new company has secured investments from the US firm KKR and a consortium of Korean investment firms.
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South Korea narrows AI foundation model project to 3 teams
South Korea's government has advanced its initiative to create a domestic AI foundation model, selecting three leading teams for the next phase. These teams are spearheaded by LG AI Research, SK Telecom, and Upstage. Th…
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South Korean AI firms advance in homegrown foundation model initiative
LG AI Research, SK Telecom, and Upstage have progressed to the next phase of South Korea's initiative to create a domestic AI foundation model. This advancement is part of a government-backed effort to foster homegrown …
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LG AI, SK Telecom, Upstage reach final for South Korea sovereign AI project
LG AI Research, SK Telecom, and Upstage have advanced to the final stage of South Korea's sovereign AI project. This initiative aims to develop a national AI infrastructure and capabilities. The companies will compete i…
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SK Telecom relocates AI service R&D center
SK Telecom is relocating the research and development center for its AI service, Aidat. The move aims to consolidate AI service development efforts.
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Model DNA method verifies LLM origins using public artifacts · 1 source tracked
A new method called Model DNA allows for the verification of claims about whether Large Language Models (LLMs) were trained from scratch or derived from existing open-weight models. This technique analyzes publicly avai…
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Motif Technologies unveils 314B parameter Motif 3 LLM
Motif Technologies has released Motif 3, a decoder-only Mixture-of-Experts language model with 314 billion total parameters and 13.2 billion activated per token. The model features a novel Grouped Differential Latent At…
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Korean AI models face scrutiny over 'borrowed' tech and narrow benchmarks · 1 source tracked
A viral debate on China's Zhihu platform scrutinized a wave of Korean AI models that claimed to outperform DeepSeek. The critique focused on several points: models allegedly building upon open-weight models from other l…
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New SKT pipeline enhances AI agent skill-use with verified synthetic data
Researchers have developed SKT, a novel data synthesis pipeline designed to enhance the ability of language model agents to identify, apply, and coordinate skills. SKT generates skill-grounded tasks and verified traject…
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South Korea releases A.X-K2 sovereign AI model
A new large language model named A.X-K2 has been released, with multiple versions available on Hugging Face, including one specifically for speech. This model is part of South Korea's national AI project, which aims to …
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SKT releases A.X K2, a 688B parameter MoE language model
SKT has released A.X K2, a large-scale Mixture-of-Experts (MoE) language model. This model boasts 688 billion total parameters with 33 billion active parameters, designed for strong reasoning and instruction-following c…
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KRAFTON releases bilingual speech model A.X K2 Raon-Speech
KRAFTON has released A.X K2 Raon-Speech, a bilingual English/Korean speech language model with 21.2 billion total parameters and 3.5 billion active parameters. This multimodal model integrates a text backbone from SK Te…
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SK Group and NVIDIA partner on $500B AI infrastructure expansion
SK Group and NVIDIA are expanding their strategic partnership to build AI infrastructure, committing over $500 billion to meet surging global computing demands. This collaboration includes the construction of a 2-gigawa…