Naver Launches 3rd News Algorithm Review Committee

Naver announced on the 30th that it has launched the 'Naver News 3rd Algorithm Review Committee' (hereinafter referred to as the 3rd Algorithm Review Committee).

The 3rd Algorithm Review Committee consists of a total of six members recommended by academic societies and institutions such as the Korean Artificial Intelligence Society, the Language Engineering Research Group of the Korean Institute of Information Scientists and Engineers, the Artificial Intelligence Society of the Korean Institute of Information Scientists and Engineers, and the KAIST AI Fairness Research Center. Professor Changdong Yoo (Department of Electrical Engineering, KAIST) was elected as the chairman.

In 2018, Naver became the first domestic and international portal operator to have its algorithms reviewed by an external expert group called the 'News Algorithm Review Committee,' collecting feedback and reflecting it in actual services.

Last year, the 2nd Algorithm Review Committee focused on reviewing 'algorithms from a journalism perspective, algorithm neutrality, and the evaluation and composition process of algorithms.' In response, Naver strengthened recommendations for in-depth planned articles and disclosed plans to develop indicators that can increase diversity.

The 3rd Algorithm Review Committee will conduct a review of AiRS news recommendations and overall news search algorithms, focusing on topics such as strengthening recommendation depth, developing recommendation diversity, and developing new recommendation models. The results of this review will be announced within the year.

Yongseok Yoo, Head of Naver Service Operations, said, "To provide transparent news services, we will regularly have external experts review our AI algorithms and do our best to operate more advanced services through this process."

Chairman Changdong Yoo stated, "The 3rd Algorithm Review Committee will verify whether the improvement tasks recommended by previous committees have been appropriately reflected and discuss the overall algorithms in various areas such as news recommendation and search to enhance the transparency of news services."

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