KT AI One Team Presents First Four Research Achievements... Applied to Industrial Sites

[Asia Economy Reporter Koo Chae-eun] The 'AI One Team' led by KT has successfully developed four artificial intelligence (AI) technologies through collaboration. Launched in February last year, AI One Team is an industry-academia-research cooperation body consisting of nine leading institutions from industry, academia, and research fields, including KT, Hyundai Heavy Industries Group, LG Electronics, LG Uplus, Korea Investment & Securities, Dongwon Group, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Hanyang University, and Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI).

According to KT on the 7th, the four technologies developed by AI One Team are ▲ deep learning speech synthesis ▲ E2E speech recognition ▲ moving picture ▲ AI-based robot fault diagnosis technology. Among the four research outcomes created here, three will be utilized as core technologies for KT’s business, and one will be applied to Hyundai Heavy Industries Group’s industrial sites.

The 'deep learning speech synthesis' technology was developed through collaboration between KT and Professor Kim Hoe-rin of KAIST. The structure was changed from a sequential speech generation method to a simultaneous speech generation method, improving speed by about 10 times compared to the existing technology. KT plans to commercialize this technology in the first quarter of this year and apply it to AI contact centers and next-generation Giga Genie devices. The 'E2E speech recognition' technology was developed by KT together with Professor Jang Jun-hyuk of Hanyang University. This technology allows domain expansion with a small amount of training data, making it highly versatile. KT plans to use this technology to improve free-spoken speech recognition rates.

Additionally, the 'moving picture' solution is an AI technology that converts images into videos, researched jointly by KT and Professor Kim Tae-hyun of Hanyang University. It applies motion effects to images and transforms them into videos. KT will utilize this in various fields such as IPTV, posters, webtoons, and animated advertisements. The 'AI-based robot fault diagnosis' technology was jointly developed by Hyundai Heavy Industries Group and Professor Jang Jun-hyuk of Hanyang University. It is a technology that enables AI to diagnose faults in industrial robots. Hyundai Heavy Industries Group expects this technology to maximize maintenance efficiency on automated lines.

Meanwhile, since its launch, AI One Team has formed an 'AI Guru Group' of about 40 domestic AI experts and has been discussing industrial site challenges through a meeting body called the 'Roundtable.' In over 70 roundtable meetings held so far, more than 30 items have been discussed, leading to 11 research and development projects. Accordingly, this year AI One Team plans to pursue seven additional projects in various fields such as AI robots, in addition to the four projects disclosed this time, continuing efforts for AI innovation.

Song Jae-ho, head of KT’s AI/DX Convergence Business Division, said, "The AI technologies developed by AI One Team were made possible by the immediate combination of accurate data from industrial sites and the latest research and development capabilities." He added, "KT will strive to solve industrial site issues, social problems, and nurture AI talent based on the industry-academia-research synergy of AI One Team."

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