Motif challenges national AI model project after elimination

Artificial intelligence (AI) startup Motif Technologies has filed an objection to its elimination from the second stage of evaluations for the government’s project to develop a national AI foundation model, calling for the disclosure of detailed scores and evaluation criteria and a reconsideration of the results. The company said Thursday it had submitted a formal objection to the Ministry of Science and ICT, noting that its Motif 3 model posted the highest score among participating models on a global AI benchmark but received the lowest overall score in the government’s evaluation. “Motif 3 received 47 points in the overall performance index, earning the highest score among the participating models, but was eliminated with the lowest score in the government’s results announcement,” the company said. “We ask for a detailed disclosure of the evaluation scores and for a reassessment.” Motif said its objection was not intended to overturn the results or seek to advance to the third stage. Instead, it said it wanted greater transparency over how the project evaluates AI models