Topic: SK Telecom

SK Telecom has unveiled 'A.X K1,' Korea's first hyperscale artificial intelligence (AI) model with 519 billion (519B) parameters. A.X K1 (519B-A33B) is poised to serve as the core foundation for Korea's ambition to become a top-three global player in the AI race, following the U.S. and China. The model marks the beginning of a full-stack AI ecosystem, encompassing all areas from semiconductors to services.

VAST Data, the AI Operating System company, has announced a partnership with SK Telecom (SKT), South Korea's leading telecommunications provider that's transforming itself into an AI company. To deploy its advanced AI platform on SKT's new sovereign AI infrastructure powered by the latest NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs.