Kakao revealed a blueprint to enable everyone to use the AI they need in their daily lives. The company also introduced technologies currently under development and its AI safety platform.
From the 13th to the 14th, Kakao held the developer event ‘if Kakao 26’ conference at the Kakao AI Campus in Yongin, Gyeonggi Province, under the slogan “Intelligence for Every Connection.” Jung Shin-ah, CEO of Kakao, took the stage as the first keynote speaker and presented a vision stating, “When users request tasks they want to accomplish in their daily lives, we will provide responses tailored to individual preferences and the context at the time of the request.”
Jeong (CEO) sequentially introduced ongoing business initiatives and its AI safety platform, including △‘Kanana Space,’ an AI assistant available anywhere within KakaoTalk; △‘Kanvas,’ which allows users to create and execute their own agent teams on PC; △the AI model ‘Kanana’; and △‘Project Mosaic,’ designed for personalized AI experiences.
Kanana Space is a service where swiping the KakaoTalk screen with two fingers summons the Kakao character ‘Ryan,’ which performs various tasks such as sending messages via voice or text, managing schedules, web searches, and changing KakaoTalk settings. Kakao plans to enhance the service so that users can execute orders, gifts, reservations, and transfers with a single command. A closed beta test (CBT) will begin in December this year.
Kanvas is a service where, when users specify what kind of agent they need, it connects appropriate tools and skills to configure the necessary functions as an AI agent for execution. The goal is to launch a CBT by the end of this year. In the first half of next year, plans are also in place to release a feature connecting personal agent teams to KakaoTalk. Agents created with Kanvas, as well as agents built with other frameworks, will be supported so they can be utilized through a familiar interface.
The core features of the AI model Kanana include △full-stack optimization covering the entire process of lightweighting, computation, and serving; △multimodal capabilities that understand text, images, and audio simultaneously; and △agentic AI that actually completes tasks requested by users. The strategy is to ensure performance, speed, and scalability by handling requests that can be processed on smartphones with on-device models, while connecting complex tasks to large-scale models.
Song Jae-ha, CTO (Chief Technology Officer), explained the technical foundation required for AI to function as an agent that transforms daily life. Kakao is preparing ‘Project Mosaic,’ which connects users’ scattered memories and experiences into meaningful context. The system is being developed to safely transmit necessary information to each agent within permitted limits, tailored to user requests and desired outcomes, enabling agents with different roles to collaborate while understanding a common context.
Kakao also presented a platform designed to stably support personalized AI experiences. The company plans to continuously enhance its safety system by establishing systematic data governance and multi-faceted safety verification mechanisms, ensuring that agent action plans and executions proceed only within the scope of user consent.
Jeong Sin-a (CEO) stated, “For the past 15 years, Kakao has connected people, daily life, and online/offline experiences under the goal of ‘connecting everything in the world.’ Now, we aim to expand ‘connection’ into a new ‘dimension.’” He added, “Based on KakaoTalk as an everyday user touchpoint and the technology and services we have accumulated, we will accelerate the era when all citizens can utilize their own AI agents.”
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