LG's 'EXAONE Nexus' Resolves AI Copyright Issues…45 Times Faster Than Humans

LG has received government recognition for its technology that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to resolve data copyright issues, a major challenge in the AI industry.

The LG AI Research Institute announced on the 4th that it was awarded the National Intellectual Property Commissioner's Award at the Copyright Technology Awards of the '2026 International Copyright Technology Conference (ICOTEC)' hosted by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, in recognition of the technical contributions of its self-developed AI compliance agent, 'EXAONE Nexus.'

EXAONE Nexus is a specialized AI compliance agent that automatically analyzes complex legal risks inherent in large-scale AI training data, including copyright, licenses, and personal information.

The LG AI Research Institute explained that it developed EXAONE Nexus to proactively respond to the fact that recent controversies over copyright infringement in AI training data have undermined social trust in technology and emerged as a significant legal risk for companies.

EXAONE Nexus rapidly and accurately analyzes massive datasets that are difficult for humans to review individually. When analyzing one dataset, it is 45 times faster than legal experts with an accuracy rate 26% higher, while the cost incurred is only about one-thousandth of the level.

In particular, the LG AI Research Institute stated that it has independently built a compliance framework encompassing major countries' AI regulations, including South Korea's Basic AI Act and the European Union's AI Act. It also said it secured global-level legal reliability by collaborating with more than 40 lawyers from large domestic and international law firms, including in the United States, to verify the legal validity of the model's analysis results.

In this process, risk assessment results for approximately 20,000 open datasets analyzed through empirical studies were also fully disclosed to academic and research communities for the development of the global research ecosystem.

Currently, the LG AI Research Institute has designated EXAONE Nexus as a mandatory verification procedure for all AI models developed internally, utilizing it across the entire lifecycle from data collection and refinement to model development and service deployment.

The LG AI Research Institute plans to gradually expand supply to overseas markets with high compliance demand, such as global big tech companies and law firms. Lee Hwa-young, Head of the AI Business Development Division at the LG AI Research Institute, stated, "In the midst of the leap in AI technology development, securing social trust is a core competitiveness for companies," adding, "LG will always place people at the center of technology and continue to present AI technologies that combine high reliability and excellent performance."

Meanwhile, the LG AI Research Institute has established an intelligent system for reporting research achievements such as papers and inventions to protect its own intellectual property rights. Since its establishment in 2020, it has filed a total of 1,131 patents (537 domestic, 594 overseas). In addition, it has participated more than 30 times in global AI ethics and governance discussions by attending events such as the UNESCO AI Ethics Global Forum, the AI Impact Summit, and the Paris AI Action Summit as a representative of Korean companies.

LG Group Chairman Koo Kwang-mo stated, "A shift in perception is needed to view compliance as core infrastructure for corporate growth and development," adding, "We will continuously enhance LG's compliance system so that it can reflect changes in the era and society in a timely manner."