Commentary on Korea AI project selection: Motif lost to SK/Kakao
teortaxesTex · x · 2026-08-31
The author comments on the selection of operators for South Korea's "AI for All" project, where SK Telecom, Kakao, and KT won, while startup Motif with a strong model lost. The author argues Motif's model could reach DeepSeek or GLM levels with more training and criticizes the allocation mechanism.
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