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LG, Mercedes-Benz discuss car display cooperation

From right, Ola Kallenius, chairman of Mercedes-Benz, poses with Kwon Bong-seok, chief operating officer and vice chairman of LG Corp., and Jeong Ho-young, CEO of LG Display, along with Mercedes-Benz's electric vehicle, the EQS SUV, at LG Display's headquarters in Seoul, Thursday. Mercedes-Benz said the chairman met with LG executives to discuss cooperation in premium automotive displays. Courtesy of Mercedes-Benz Korea

Aug 24, 2023By Baek Byung-yeul
LG, Mercedes-Benz discuss car display cooperation
Tech & Science

Naver's HyperCLOVA X offers enhanced AI experience

Nako Sung, head of Technology at Naver Cloud, introduces hyperscale AI platform HyperCLOVA X during Team Naver DAN 23 conference held at the Grand InterContinental Seoul Parnas hotel in southern Seoul, Thursday. Courtesy of NaverTech giant unveils conversational AI, generative AI search servicesBy Baek Byung-yeulNaver will provide upgraded search, shopping and other services through its hyperscale AI platform HyperCLOVA X, as well as AI services to help business customers be more productive, the IT company said Thursday.“HyperCLOVA X, an advanced AI model, improves users' productivity and competitiveness. The platform is built to help individuals and businesses be more productive and will serve as the most convenient tool to increase efficiency,” Nako Sung, head of Technology at Naver Cloud, introduced the company's latest hyperscale AI platform HyperCLOVA X during a conference in Seoul.During the conference, Naver introduced its hyperscale AI-powered large language model (LLM) HyperCLOVA X. It also unveiled new services based on HyperCLOVA X, including CLOVA X, a convers

Aug 24, 2023By Baek Byung-yeul
Naver's HyperCLOVA X offers enhanced AI experience
  • Naver launches hyperscale generative AI to counter ChatGPT
Tech & Science

Naver launches hyperscale generative AI to counter ChatGPT

Naver CEO Choi Soo-yeon introduces the company's hyperscale AI HyperCLOVA X and related services during Team Naver DAN 23 conference, held at the Grand InterContinental Seoul Parnas hotel in southern Seoul, Thursday. Courtesy of NaverKorean tech giant to open new mega data center to accelerate analyzing capabilitiesBy Baek Byung-yeulNaver will offer enhanced and customized AI services for both general users and business customers based on its hyperscale AI platform, HyperCLOVA X, to counter prominent generative AI services such as OpenAI's ChatGPT, according to the CEO of the Korean IT giant, Thursday.“From the dawn of the internet era to the present, we've been asked similar questions, but we've only grown stronger by focusing on improving our technology and our users and have proved our capabilities. The same thing will happen in the era of generative AI,” Choi Soo-yeon, CEO of Naver, said during the company's Team Naver DAN 23 conference in Seoul.The CEO said that the company has been working on developing its own hyperscale AI platform since before the term generative

Aug 24, 2023By Baek Byung-yeul
Naver launches hyperscale generative AI to counter ChatGPT
  • Naver's HyperCLOVA X offers enhanced AI experience
  • Naver Pay to expand as comprehensive financial platform
Companies

LG Innotek accelerates efforts to achieve RE100 goal by 2030

Park Yeong-su, right, head of Safety & Environment Division at LG Innotek, poses with Seo Kun-ki, head of the Renewable Business Division at SK E&S, after signing a power purchase agreement at the latter's headquarters in Seoul, Tuesday. Courtesy of LG InnotekBy Baek Byung-yeulLG Innotek signed a deal to receive 10 megawatts (MW) of renewable energy per year for the next 20 years from SK E&S, driving the LG affiliate toward its RE100 initiative goal of converting 100 percent of the electricity that it uses into renewable energy by 2030, the company said Wednesday.The company said that it signed a direct power purchase agreement (PPA) with SK E&S on Tuesday. A direct PPA is a contract between a power supplier and a company for the direct sale of renewable energy, enabling the energy buyer to stably procure renewable energy without rate changes for up to 20 years, LG Innotek said, adding that this contract will contribute to its carbon neutrality efforts.The renewable energy supplied through the agreement will be supplied to LG Innotek's production site in Gumi, North G

Aug 23, 2023By Baek Byung-yeul
LG Innotek accelerates efforts to achieve RE100 goal by 2030
Companies

SK bioscience aims to boost competence with cell-based flu vaccine

An SK bioscience employee poses with the company's cell-based influenza vaccine SKYCellflu at the company's L HOUSE vaccine production facility in Andong, North Gyeongsang Province, Tuesday. Korea Times photo by Baek Byung-yeulBy Baek Byung-yeulANDONG ― SK bioscience's L HOUSE plant in Andong, 270 kilometers southeast of Seoul, played a key role in protecting lives during the pandemic by producing COVID-19 vaccines. The Korean vaccine maker said Tuesday that sales of its SKYCellflu influenza vaccine began in Korea, Wednesday.SK bioscience launched SKYCellflu in 2016. The vaccine is the country's first quadrivalent cell culture-based influenza vaccine. A quadrivalent vaccine is designed to protect against four different flu viruses. The company developed the vaccine as health authorities around the world are increasingly recommending the use of quadrivalent vaccines, which are more resistant to mutations than traditional trivalent vaccines, due to the increasing number of strains of the flu virus.The company said the SKYCellflu vaccine is more advanced than traditional vaccines produc

Aug 23, 2023By Baek Byung-yeul
SK bioscience aims to boost competence with cell-based flu vaccine
Companies

Genome and Company aims to sell cancer drug candidates

Hong Yoo-seok, CEO of Genome and Company, speaks during a press conference at the Conrad Seoul hotel, Seoul, Monday. Courtesy of Genome and CompanyBy Baek Byung-yeulGenome and Company is aiming to sell its drug candidates for targeted anti-cancer drugs to an overseas biopharmaceutical company within the year in a bid to become a company that develops both anti-cancer drugs and microbiome drugs, the CEO of the local biotech company said, Monday.“We will focus on ADC (antibody-drug conjugate) drugs in the near future in new targeted anti-cancer drugs with early technology transfer, supported by funding from our microbiome CDMO business,” Hong Yoo-seok, CEO of Genome and Company, said during a press conference, in Seoul.Genome and Company is known as a microbiome drug maker. A microbiome refers to the community of microbes such as bacteria that live in the human body. With the progress in DNA sequencing technologies, it is confirmed that microbiomes have a great significance in determining whether or not people will develop various diseases.Genome and Company an industry lea

Aug 21, 2023By Baek Byung-yeul
Genome and Company aims to sell cancer drug candidates
Tech & Science

Samsung Electronics to foster AI, computer engineering professionals

gettyimagesbankBy Baek Byung-yeulSamsung Electronics is nurturing talented professionals in artificial intelligence (AI) and computer engineering to strengthen its research capabilities for next-generation semiconductors and enhance the competitiveness of its research in the emerging sectors, its R&D unit said Monday.Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology (SAIT), an R&D unit of Samsung, said it will hold this year's Samsung AI and CE Challenge for graduate and undergraduate students studying at local universities for about two months to support the activities of young researchers.SAIT is holding the contest for the third time this year to discover young professionals in science and technology. This year, the competitions have expanded to four categories by adding computer engineering to the existing AI field.The four competition categories are image recognition technology for autonomous driving; machine learning algorithms for simulating semiconductor materials; simultaneous quantitative and qualitative evaluation of camera image quality using AI technology; and computing s

Aug 21, 2023By Baek Byung-yeul
Samsung Electronics to foster AI, computer engineering professionals
Companies

Hyundai Motor, Kia donate $300,000 for Maui relief efforts

A general view shows the aftermath of a wildfire in Lahaina on the Hawaiian island of Maui, Thursday. AP-YonhapBy Baek Byung-yeulHyundai Motor and Kia decided to donate a total of $300,000 to support the U.S. island of Maui in Hawaii, which was recently hit by a massive wildfire, according to Hyundai Motor Group, Friday.The companies also said they have decided to offer discounts and other financial support for people who are affected by the disaster.Hyundai Motor America said it will donate $150,000 to the American Red Cross and local charities in Hawaii and is also offering the Maui Disaster Relief Buyer and Owner Assurance program.Through this program, residents affected by the disaster on the island will be able to receive a $1,000 cash rebate on all new 2023-2024 Hyundai models and a $2,000 cash rebate on all new 2023-2024 Genesis models with no payments for 90 days on all new annual percentage rate contracts.“The island of Maui has been devastated by the recent wildfires and our thoughts are with the local and historic communities that are greatly impacted,” Jose Mu

Aug 18, 2023By Baek Byung-yeul
Hyundai Motor, Kia donate $300,000 for Maui relief efforts
Companies

Samsung expected to rejoin FKI with strings attached

Lee Chan-hee, center, head of Samsung's compliance committee, answers questions from reporters before attending a meeting to discuss Samsung affiliates rejoining the Federation of Korean Industries (FKI), at Samsung Life Insurance's headquarters in Seoul, Friday. YonhapSK, Hyundai Motor, LG likely to follow suit soonBy Baek Byung-yeulSamsung Group is expected to rejoin the Federation of Korean Industries (FKI) next Tuesday as its compliance committee recommended five affiliates to become members of the business lobby group once again.But the affiliates have been instructed to immediately withdraw from the federation if it colludes with political circles, according to the committee, Friday. SK, Hyundai and LG will likely follow suit in the near future.The committee held a meeting earlier in the day to discuss a request by the FKI for Samsung Electronics, Samsung SDI, Samsung Life, Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance and Samsung Securities to rejoin the lobby group. The FKI is attempting to reform the organization and refresh its reputation which was tainted by involvement in a bribery

Aug 18, 2023By Baek Byung-yeul
Samsung expected to rejoin FKI with strings attached
Companies

SK On, EcoPro BM to build cathode plant with Ford in Canada

Sung Min-suk, chief commercial officer of SK On, speaks during an event announcing the construction of a cathode manufacturing facility in Canada with Ford and EcoPro BM at a hotel in Becancour, Quebec, Canada, Thursday (local time). Courtesy of SK OnBy Baek Byung-yeulSK On will build a cathode manufacturing plant in Quebec, Canada, with U.S. carmaker Ford and Korean cathode maker EcoPro BM in a bid to strengthen the value chain of the electric vehicle (EV) business in core battery materials, battery cells and EVs in North America, the battery cell maker said Friday.The three companies announced that they will build the cathode manufacturing facility in Quebec, Thursday (local time). The plant will be built on a 278,000 square-meter site in Becancour, Quebec after investing a total of 1.2 billion Canadian dollars ($886.3 million).“Under the deal, EcoPro CAM Canada, established by EcoPro BM in February, will manufacture cathode active materials and SK On and Ford will become its shareholders once the deal, which is subject to regulatory approvals, is closed,” SK On said.Th

Aug 18, 2023By Baek Byung-yeul
SK On, EcoPro BM to build cathode plant with Ford in Canada
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