SK Telecom plans to proceed integrating Google’s newest language fashions into its adot AI agent
Korean telco SK Telecom introduced a serious improve to its AI agent adot, integrating Google’s newest massive language mannequin, Gemini 2.0 Flash.
Korean press reported that this newest replace will allow customers to have entry to a broader collection of AI fashions throughout 5 world AI platforms: SKT’s A.X, GPT, Claude, Perplexity and Gemini. In complete, 12 AI fashions at the moment are out there, in keeping with the experiences.
‘Gemini 2.0 Flash,’ launched by Google in February, brings enhancements in velocity and efficiency. It has demonstrated twice the response velocity of its predecessor, Professional 1.5, in benchmark assessments whereas additionally enhancing reply reliability by way of real-time search integration and direct navigation to supply pages, the experiences added.
With this improve, SK Telecom plans to proceed integrating Google’s newest language fashions into its adot AI agent. Moreover, the telco is enhancing the AI agent’s performance by incorporating Perplexity Sonar Professional and GPT o3-mini, that are extraordinarily useful in fixing complicated logical issues and superior mathematical equations.
Kim Yong-hoon, head of SKT’s ‘adot’ enterprise division, mentioned: “adot is one of the best platform for evaluating and using varied world AI fashions, from A.X to ChatGPT. We’ll proceed increasing our AI choices and bettering consumer comfort to reinforce the general expertise.”
The Asian telecom supplier initially launched the AI agent on the SK AI Summit in Seoul final November, but it surely formally started recruiting beta testers at CES, with a broader U.S. launch set for later within the 12 months.
Aster is designed as an ‘agentic AI,’ which matches past easy Q&A or search capabilities by understanding customers’ intentions to set targets, make plans and full duties on their behalf, the telco mentioned.
The AI agent, constructed on generative AI expertise, integrates conversational search by way of a collaboration with Perplexity, a next-generation AI search platform. Aster focuses on life administration, providing customers personalised planning, execution, reminders and recommendation, in keeping with the telco.
SK Telecom had beforehand reorganized its operations into seven key divisions, with a robust concentrate on AI. This contains specialised items comparable to AI Transformation (AIX), AIDC, A. (A-Dot) and International Private AI Agent (GPAA).
In 2023, SK Telecom had introduced its ambition to turn into a world synthetic intelligence firm by strengthening its personal AI competitiveness and cooperating with companions globally.
