EXAONE 2.0 Wins the Minister of Science and ICT Award! Showcasing the Future of Generative AI at Digital Innovation Festa 2023
‘Digital Innovation Festa 2023’, where you can meet the latest technology trends that will lead the future of South Korea in one place, has kicked off. From September 25th to 27th, at COEX Hall A, under the theme of ‘The World of Digital Transformation’, over 300 institutions and companies will unfold numerous innovative stories at 450 booths. What vision will LG AI Research present in this event? Let’s delve into it now.
What kind of innovation will be showcased at the first solo booth of LG AI Research?
Photo 1. LG AI Research booth at Digital Innovation Festa
Digital Innovation Festa 2023 is the first domestic event where LG AI Research participates with a solo booth. We will design a booth that symbolizes the EXAONE symbol and fill the booth with various research results, amazing innovations, and abundant attractions to engage more closely with visitors.
The LG AI Research booth is divided into a demo zone, a seminar zone, and a meeting zone. The demo zone is a space where you can experience the EXAONE 2.0-based platform and directly communicate with researchers. In the seminar zone, presentations on research results from LG AI Research and free discussions take place. Let’s delve deeper into what innovations you can encounter in each zone.
Closer to EXAONE 2.0, Demo Zone
Figure 1. EXAONE 2.0 Demo Zone
If the previous LG AI Talk Concert 2023 was an occasion where EXAONE 2.0 and the three platforms were first revealed to the press and related parties, at this year’s Digital Innovation Festa 2023, EXAONE 2.0 is presented to the public and everyone is given the opportunity to encounter EXAONE 2.0 more closely. Through EXAONE Atelier, which understands images and texts and provides creative inspiration and ideas, EXAONE Universe, which infers reliable professional knowledge through a large-scale language model, and EXAONE Discovery, which explores new scientific facts, you will be able to glimpse future innovations that generative AI will bring.
Photo 2. EXAONE Discovery demonstration at the Demo Zone
From the first day of the exhibition, many visitors visited the demo zone with great interest. Many researchers from all labs within LG AI Research attended and directly demonstrated each platform on-site and communicated with visitors.
In particular, at this year’s Digital Innovation Festa 2023 where EXAONE Atelier won the Minister of Science and ICT Award, there was a special interest from visitors in the demonstration of ‘LG’s large scale AI, EXAONE’s Multimodal Technology,’ resulting in active participation. In-depth conversations between visitors and researchers also took place during demonstrations such as ‘Providing Professional Answers and Insights’ by EXAONE Universe and ‘Exploring New Scientific Facts through OCR + Discovery (UMD/NCS) Technology Demonstration’ by EXAONE Discovery. Kwangmo Song from Vision Lab said “I was surprised that more people came than I thought and asked questions actively,” adding “It seems that interest in generative AI is greater than ever.”
Talking about the present and future of EXAONE 2.0 and AI technology at Seminar Zone
Photo 3. ‘AI Human Implementation Technology Seminar’ at the Seminar Zone
In the seminar zone, ‘TECH TALK’ sharing insights on various topics will be held for three days. During Digital Innovation Festa 2023, members of the LG AI Research will personally present research results on various topics in 20-30 minute segments.
Figure 2. TECH TALK Zone
In TECH TALK, presentations will be made on topics such as ‘EXAONE Multimodal’, ‘EXAONE Language’, and other core technologies of EXAONE 2.0, as well as ’AI Wiring for PCB Design Automation’, ‘Optimization of Naphtha Cracking Centers Using Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning’, ‘AI Human Implementation Technology’, and ‘Latest Research Trends in LLM’.
Firstly, in ‘EXAONE Multimodal’ by Kwangmo Song and Taehoon Kim from Vision Lab, they explain the algorithms and use cases of the Image-to-Text model and Text-to-Image model that make up EXAONE’s multimodal technology. In ‘EXAONE Language – Latest Research Trends in LLM and Introduction to EXAONE 2.0 LLM Technology’ by Jinsik Lee, head of EXAONE Lab, he introduces the technological development process leading to the current large language model and the latest research trends in large language models, and talks about the technology of the large language model applied to EXAONE 2.0.
In ‘AI Wiring for PCB Design Automation’ by Sungdong Yoo from Data Intelligence Lab, he explains AI wiring methodology based on combinatorial optimization technology for efficient wiring during complex PCB (Printed Circuit Board) design of electronic products, along with application examples. In ‘Optimization of Naphtha Cracking Center (NCC) Using Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning’ by Deunsol Yoon from Data Intelligence Lab, he discusses a methodology and application cases for planning and optimizing the operation schedule of naphtha transport, storage, and high-temperature cracking using multi-agent reinforcement learning. In ‘AI Human Implementation Technology’ by Hyunsook Jo and Heejung Sung from Vision Lab, they present the development content of an algorithm that allows AI humans to generate their own facial expressions, mouth shapes, and gestures according to the answers they judge and infer using EXAONE as the brain of AI humans.
In the TECH TALK venue where presentations filled with deep insights and fresh perspectives continue, visitors freely asked questions, debated, and expanded discussions.
LG AI Research wins the Minister of Science and ICT Award
Photo 4. Chief of LG AI Research Kyunghoon Bae receiving the Minister of Science and ICT Award
Lastly, there is another special reason why this year’s Digital Innovation Festa 2023 is significant for LG AI Research. The reason is that LG AI Research has the honor of receiving the Minister of Science and ICT Award, which is the grand prize at the ‘7th Digital Innovation Festa Awards’ held together at the venue. The Digital Innovation Festa Awards are given to innovative companies leading national growth, and LG AI Research Institute received high praise through ‘EXAONE Atelier, Multimodal Technology of Large Scale AI EXAONE’.
The award ceremony took place on September 25th. Kyunghoon Bae, Chief of LG AI Research said “LG AI Research is not only leading the industry in cutting-edge AI technology research but also creating innovation with multimodal generative AI that understands language and images as well as documents. I am pleased to be recognized for these efforts through this grand prize. We will continue to think about developing ‘Expert AI’ that helps humans and expanding the AI ecosystem.”
What was once considered innovative has now become everyday life, and we are continually moving towards another innovation. In particular, unprecedented innovations will appear before us through convergence between digital technology and various industrial fields. During the three days of the exhibition, free admission applications and participation are possible. If you are curious about future innovative technologies, we ask for your interest in participating in Digital Innovation Festa 2023.
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