SKT Misses Out on Security AI Project to Naver, But Says Cooperation Will Continue

Regarding its failure to win the government's open call for the development of a "cybersecurity-specialized AI foundation model" project, SK Telecom stated, "Independent of the government project, we plan to discuss future cooperation plans with the participating organizations in the consortium," adding, "We will also continue to secure cybersecurity AI capabilities."

SK Telecom stated today (Sept. 3), "As a full-stack AI provider equipped with everything from AI infrastructure and models to services, we will continue our efforts to enhance South Korea's AI competitiveness."

Earlier, the Ministry of Science and ICT announced today that it selected Naver Cloud as the final project operator after conducting presentation evaluations for two operators (consortia), including Naver Cloud and SK Telecom.

SK Telecom had submitted an application to participate in this project by forming a consortium with a total of 13 organizations, including Upstage, nine security companies such as SK Shieldus, AhnLab, and SecuI, Korea University, Soongsil University, and the Korea Information Security Industry Association (KISIA).
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