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Korea's independent AI foundation model project narrows to three teams

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Announced the second-stage evaluation results of the independent AI foundation model project — Upstage, SK Telecom and LG AI Research advance; Motif Technologies eliminated. Scores combined benchmarks (40), expert review (35) and user evaluation (25)

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All four teams' models were judged to meet the independence criteria; with a newly introduced public user evaluation included, the field narrowed to three

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