SK Telecom plans to proceed integrating Google’s newest language fashions into its adot AI agent
Korean telco SK Telecom introduced a serious improve to its AI agent adot, integrating Google’s newest giant language mannequin, Gemini 2.0 Flash.
Korean press reported that this newest replace will allow customers to have entry to a broader number of AI fashions throughout 5 international AI platforms: SKT’s A.X, GPT, Claude, Perplexity and Gemini. In complete, 12 AI fashions are actually out there, in response to the stories.
‘Gemini 2.0 Flash,’ launched by Google in February, brings enhancements in pace and efficiency. It has demonstrated twice the response pace of its predecessor, Professional 1.5, in benchmark checks whereas additionally enhancing reply reliability via real-time search integration and direct navigation to supply pages, the stories added.
With this improve, SK Telecom plans to proceed integrating Google’s newest language fashions into its adot AI agent. Moreover, the telco is enhancing the AI agent’s performance by incorporating Perplexity Sonar Professional and GPT o3-mini, that are extraordinarily useful in fixing advanced logical issues and superior mathematical equations.
Kim Yong-hoon, head of SKT’s ‘adot’ enterprise division, stated: “adot is the most effective platform for evaluating and using numerous international AI fashions, from A.X to ChatGPT. We are going to proceed increasing our AI choices and bettering person comfort to reinforce the general expertise.”
The Asian telecom supplier initially launched the AI agent on the SK AI Summit in Seoul final November, nevertheless it formally started recruiting beta testers at CES, with a broader U.S. launch set for later within the 12 months.
Aster is designed as an ‘agentic AI,’ which works past easy Q&A or search features by understanding customers’ intentions to set targets, make plans and full duties on their behalf, the telco stated.
The AI agent, constructed on generative AI expertise, integrates conversational search via a collaboration with Perplexity, a next-generation AI search platform. Aster focuses on life administration, providing customers customized planning, execution, reminders and recommendation, in response to the telco.
SK Telecom had beforehand reorganized its operations into seven key divisions, with a robust concentrate on AI. This contains specialised models resembling AI Transformation (AIX), AIDC, A. (A-Dot) and International Private AI Agent (GPAA).
In 2023, SK Telecom had introduced its ambition to grow to be a worldwide synthetic intelligence firm by strengthening its personal AI competitiveness and cooperating with companions globally.