Hyundai Heavy Industries Group and KT Host 'AI One Team Summit 2020' Together

[Asia Economy Reporter Hwang Yoon-joo] Hyundai Heavy Industries Group co-hosted an event envisioning the future of AI in South Korea as a representative manufacturing company.

On the afternoon of the 25th, Hyundai Heavy Industries Group announced that it co-hosted the ‘AI One Team Summit 2020’ held at Andaz Seoul Gangnam together with nine AI One Team participating organizations including KT, LG Electronics, LG Uplus, Korea Investment & Securities, Dongwon Group, KAIST, Hanyang University, and Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI).

The event was attended by Hyundai Heavy Industries Group Vice Chairman Jeong Ki-sun, KT CEO Koo Hyun-mo, LG Electronics President Kwon Bong-seok, LG Uplus Vice President Lee Sang-min, Korea Investment & Securities CEO Jeong Il-moon, Dongwon Group Vice Chairman Park In-gu, KAIST President Shin Sung-chul, Hanyang University President Kim Woo-seung, ETRI Vice President Park Sang-kyu, and Ministry of Science and ICT Second Vice Minister Jang Seok-young.

Launched in February this year to make South Korea the number one AI nation, AI One Team currently consists of nine industry-academic-research institutions including Hyundai Heavy Industries Group, collaborating on joint AI research and technology development.

At the event, starting with the performance presentation of the ‘AI One Team Secretariat,’ the participating organizations shared their achievements and progress since the launch, and discussed the key directions for AI One Team going forward.

In particular, Hyundai Heavy Industries Group is responsible for AI-based robot projects, jointly developing with AI One Team participants, and is currently advancing the development and enhancement of intelligent service robots, expecting results as early as the end of this year.

They also plan to expand their business area from industrial robots to service robots by developing robots integrated with AI technology that can be used in hotels and restaurants. Additionally, research will continue on safety enhancement measures such as safety personnel using 360-degree wearable neckbands operating on 5G in shipbuilding sites.

KT announced that its AI speaker Giga Genie has secured over 2.5 million subscribers in just over three years since its launch, and is expanding AI applications beyond homes to apartments, hotels, and automobiles. LG Electronics and LG Uplus explained that they are conducting joint research to prevent the spread of COVID-19, which has become a global issue.

Furthermore, Korea Investment & Securities plans to actively utilize AI in financial tasks requiring high expertise and technical difficulty, and Dongwon Group also revealed plans to actively apply AI in developing customer-tailored new products, smart factory-based food manufacturing processes, and logistics innovation.

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