SK Telecom Joins MIT GenAI Impact Consortium
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SK Telecom (NYSE: SKM) has joined the MIT GenAI Impact Consortium as a founding member alongside OpenAI, The Coca-Cola Company, Tata Group, Analog Devices, and TWG Global. The consortium, a strategic priority of MIT President Sally Kornbluth, aims to explore the commercialization and industry implications of generative AI technologies.
Led by Anantha Chandrakasan, Dean of MIT School of Engineering and Chief Innovation Officer, the consortium will commence full-scale research this year. SK Telecom plans to share development strategies with other founding members and explore collaboration opportunities. The company intends to implement research outcomes through its SK AI R&D Center, focusing on ICT, semiconductors, and energy sectors.
The SK AI R&D Center serves as SK Group's AI technology control tower, supporting operations in AI modeling, vision AI, digital twins, and AI factories.
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- Strategic partnership with MIT and leading global tech companies in AI research
- Access to MIT's research capabilities and potential collaboration opportunities
- Integration with SK AI R&D Center for practical implementation across multiple sectors
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MIT GenAI Impact Consortium is an industry-academia collaboration to explore the impact of generative AI technologies on society and industry, with the goal of providing practical direction to the AI industry. MIT has been paying close attention to AI-enabled industrial transformation, with faculty members publishing 25 papers on the topic of generative AI in the past year.
As a strategic priority of Sally Kornbluth, President of MIT, the consortium is led by Anantha Chandrakasan, Dean of the MIT School of Engineering and MIT's Chief Innovation and Strategy Officer, along with faculty leaders who play a central role in selecting optimized projects, identifying research teams, and managing research efforts.
The founding members of this consortium include six global companies: SK Telecom, OpenAI, The Coca-Cola Company, Tata Group, Analog Devices and TWG Global.
The MIT consortium plans to select key projects and commence full-scale research this year.
By participating in this consortium, SK Telecom plans to share its competitiveness and development strategy with the founding member companies and explore potential collaboration opportunities. Also, SK Telecom hopes to deliver tangible results created with MIT to its SK AI R&D Center, in areas such as ICT, semiconductors and energy. Acting as SK Group's AI technology control tower, SK AI R&D Center closely supports business operations in AI-based technology areas — including AI modeling, vision AI, digital twins and AI factories.
"The MIT GenAI Impact Consortium is the ideal bridge between academia and industry," said Chandrakasan. "While Generative AI and LLMs are reshaping everything, the consortium aims to break down barriers, bring together disciplines, and commit to ensuring the benefits of Generative AI are realized throughout the world."
"As a founding member of the MIT Consortium, we are excited to collaborate with MIT's world-class faculty," said Ryu Young-sang, CEO of SK Telecom. "Building on global collaborations, SK Telecom hope to leverage the AI capabilities of the SK Group, with the SK AI R&D Center at its core, to drive AI innovation across industries. Beyond generative AI, we will broaden our scope to encompass next-generation research areas and to convergent Vertical AI such as physical AI, manufacturing, and biotechnology."
About SK Telecom
SK Telecom has been leading the growth of the mobile industry since 1984. Now, it is taking customer experience to new heights by extending beyond connectivity. By placing AI at the core of its business, SK Telecom is rapidly transforming into an AI company with a strong global presence. It is focusing on driving innovations in areas of AI Infrastructure, AI Transformation (AIX) and AI Service to deliver greater value for industry, society, and life.
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