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SK Telecom CEO seeks AI cooperation at CES
Ryu Young-sang, second from left, CEO of SK Telecom, takes a look at U.S. big data analytics company Palantir's booth during the CES in Las Vegas, Friday. Courtesy of SK Telecom
By Baek Byung-yeul
By Baek Byung-yeul
LAS VEGAS ― Ryu Young-sang, CEO of SK Telecom, participated in the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) to network with global artificial intelligence (AI) companies as part of the company's efforts to enhance its capabilities in the fast-changing, emerging world of AI, according to the company, Friday.
The company said its CEO met with officials from AI firms such as Palantir, Phantom AI Inworld and Mobilint to discuss technological cooperation with them.
“At this year's CES, global AI companies joined and presented various AI technologies and application cases. We will actively pursue partnerships with them to leap forward as a global top AI company,” Ryu said.
SK Telecom has been operating multiple AI-based services such as X Caliber, an AI-based diagnosis system for pets, and Vision AI, an AI-based visual recognition solution. The company also developed Sapeon, an AI chip that can execute large-scale calculations, which are essential for AI services that use enormous amounts of data.
Ryu and key executives of the company met with Phantom AI, a U.S.-based self-driving technology developer, to introduce SK's AI services such as Sapeon, and discussed how to apply Sapeon to Phantom AI's self-driving solution.
In a meeting with Inworld, which develops conversational AI characters, Ryu discussed ways to advance the company's A dot and E-friend AI services. SK Telecom joined Inworld's early funding stage in 2022. He also paid a visit to Palantir's booth to seek a collaboration opportunity with the big data analytics company.
Ryu has emphasized that the telecommunications company needs to become an AI-centered company that can bring more benefits to customers. The company said his activities at the CES are part of the company's efforts to establish a collaboration system with global AI leaders.