"Today, I would like to applaud the efforts of our researchers and companies. South Korea's AI is now competing properly with the world."
On the 26th, Deputy Prime Minister Bae Kyung-hoon made these remarks via SNS (social networking service) in response to a global AI model evaluation by Artificial Analysis, which ranked South Korea as the "clear third" in global AI competition after the United States and China.
While commending the achievements of domestic AI companies, Deputy Prime Minister Bae emphasized that "we still have a long way to go before we can be satisfied with being ranked third. We must develop better models and advance AI into tools that industries and citizens actually use extensively," warning against complacency over the global third-place ranking.
Deputy Prime Minister Bae also noted in yesterday's State Council meeting that South Korea has secured its position among the top three global AI powers alongside the United States and China, based on performance reports of independent AI foundation models (referred to as "Dokpa-mo"). This follows repeated recognition of South Korea's AI competitiveness in global evaluations, including Stanford University's "Notable AI" list released last January.
In particular, Deputy Prime Minister Bae highlighted the significance that not just one or two companies but multiple domestic firms are producing competitive AI models. Artificial Analysis noted that beyond companies participating in Dokpa-mo, Trillion Labs and KT are also developing their own AI model portfolios, indicating a broadening of South Korea's AI ecosystem.
He added, "What is even more encouraging is that this is not merely the achievement of one or two companies. Aside from the United States and China, some of the highest-level models are emerging from our country."
Deputy Prime Minister Bae further stressed that the Dokpa-mo project aims not to create a single "national representative model" but to enhance the overall competitiveness of South Korea's AI ecosystem. He explained, "The reason we launched the independent AI model project was not to build one national representative model, but to foster a robust AI ecosystem where multiple companies compete and grow together, enabling them to challenge the world."
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