SEOUL,
South Korea, Feb. 3. 2025
/PRNewswire/ -- SK Telecom (NYSE: SKM) announced today that the
company is joining the MIT GenAI Impact Consortium as a founding
member to explore commercialization and industry implications of
generative AI technologies with MIT
faculty and leading global companies.
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.
For more information, please contact skt_press@sk.com or
visit our LinkedIn page www.linkedin.com/company/sk-telecom.
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