KT and Dongwon Group Lead AI Innovation in Food Lifestyle and Logistics

[Asia Economy Reporter Koo Chae-eun] Dongwon Group has joined the AI One Team, which includes KT. With Dongwon Group's participation, the AI One Team's collaborative achievements in artificial intelligence (AI) are expected to expand into manufacturing, finance, food, logistics, and other sectors.

On the 27th, KT signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Dongwon Group for “Making South Korea the No. 1 AI Nation.” KT CEO Koo Hyun-mo stated at the event, “With Dongwon Group, which has developed South Korea's food culture for half a century, joining the AI One Team, we expect the domestic AI ecosystem to expand and AI innovation to accelerate across various industries.” CEO Koo emphasized, “As the world fiercely competes for AI leadership, KT will further strengthen collaboration with the AI One Team to enhance South Korea's AI competitiveness.”

Dongwon Group Vice Chairman Park In-gu also said, “Continuous interest and investment in AI laid the foundation for Dongwon Group's participation in the AI One Team,” adding, “Through collaboration with companies and institutions possessing the best AI technologies and expertise, Dongwon Group will continuously pursue ‘AI innovation’ as a socially necessary enterprise creating new value.”

Launched in February this year, the AI One Team is an industry-academia-research consortium aiming to make South Korea the No. 1 AI nation, consisting of KT, Hyundai Heavy Industries Group, LG Electronics, LG Uplus, Korea Investment & Securities, Hanyang University, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), and Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI). With Dongwon Group joining, AI applications are expected to spread to various fields. According to the MOU, Dongwon Group will progressively promote ▲ AI-based innovation in food manufacturing and sales marketing ▲ AI smart factory construction ▲ AI logistics integrated platform development ▲ Industry-academia-research linked AI talent development platform creation in collaboration with AI One Team companies and institutions.

Dongwon Group plans to achieve concrete results by applying AI to food production processes, discovering customer-tailored new products, and strengthening untact sales channels. Additionally, AI will be introduced across Dongwon Group’s businesses, including logistics, fisheries, and packaging, to drive work innovation. Furthermore, Dongwon Group will actively collaborate with AI One Team member companies to establish an AI talent development platform.

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