SKT joins government's 'AI for All' initiative to expand public access

SK Telecom (SKT) will join the South Korean government's 'AI for All' initiative, led by the Ministry of Science and ICT and the National IT Industry Promotion Agency, to expand public access to AI tools. SKT will leverage its full-stack AI capabilities, including its A. assistant app with about 10 million monthly users, its 688 billion-parameter large language model A.X K2, and its planned 5 gigawatts of AI data center capacity by 2029, to distribute AI services through its 22.5 million mobile subscriber lines and retail channels.

SK Telecom SKT said Wednesday it will take part in "AI for All," a project led by the Ministry of Science and ICT and the National IT Industry Promotion Agency aimed at making artificial intelligence AI tools accessible to the general public. The company plans to draw on what it calls its "full-stack" AI capabilities — spanning its own AI models, infrastructure and services — for the initiative. SKT operates the AI assistant app A. pronounced "A dot" , which has about 10 million monthly users, and recently unveiled its own large language model, A.X K2, built with 688 billion parameters as part of the government's sovereign foundation model project. The model is already being applied in manufacturing, defense and biotech, the company said. SKT also established SK Hyper last month, a subsidiary dedicated to AI data center development, and has said it plans to open 5 gigawatts of AI data center capacity in stages by 2029. The company plans to leverage its roughly 22.5 million mobile subscriber lines and its online and offline retail channels to distribute the new AI services quickl