By Choonsik Yoo ( August 18, 2026, 04:23 GMT | Insight) -- South Korea has advanced three consortia led by LG AI Research, SK Telecom and Upstage to the final round of its project to develop homegrown artificial intelligence foundation models, eliminating a team led by Motif Technologies after evaluations involving global benchmarks, real-world applications and public-usability assessments. The government said their newly developed models are narrowing the performance gap with leading global systems and gaining practical applications across industry and the public sector, as South Korea seeks to become one of the world’s top three AI powers.Three consortia led by LG AI Research, SK Telecom and Upstage have advanced to the next and final round of South Korea’s project to develop homegrown artificial intelligence foundation models that can rival leading global models, the Ministry of Science and ICT said Tuesday....
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