Korea Ministry of Science and ICT selects two companies for generative AI talent training, provides 3.5 billion won in support

The Ministry of Science and ICT of Korea has launched the AI Human Resources Program to foster AI specialists who are needed across the AI industry as AI technology becomes more important.
The consortium will develop and promote two or more joint research projects and train master's and doctoral students.
The project will invest 1.75 billion won (US$2.5 million) per project. VAIV, a big data company, is developing a generative AI-based model.
For the VAIVGeM project, we will open up the platform so that researchers can freely use generative AI. We will provide the API and data necessary for research. We will respond to the needs of public institutions and private companies.
The project will develop human resources for generative AI through industry-academia collaboration, by presenting research topics that reflect the current state of the technology and collaborating with Korea University and other institutions to provide the results.
In addition, AI company 42Maru has developed its generative AI-based models (LLM42 and RA
The company will provide AI computing and research infrastructure through its "G42" solutions, and will collaborate with Sungkyunkwan University and other institutions to develop solutions in fields such as medicine, transportation, and logistics.
The plan is to develop human resources by developing integrated multimodal AI technology that can