AI NewsWaveControversy Over Scale and Approach of Frontier AI Project
Key points
- Frontier AI target is 2 trillion to 10 trillion parameters
- At the audit, minister says it is not a presidential directive
- Project size is reported differently by outlet
E-Focus reported on the 24th that the lower bound of the target scale for the frontier AI model the government plans to develop by setting up a 16 trillion won company is smaller than a model whose weights Moonshot AI of China released three months ago. The target set by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Science and ICT Bae Kyung-hoon is 2 trillion to 10 trillion parameters.
At the National Assembly Science, ICT, Broadcasting and Communications Committee's general audit on the 23rd, the approach to the project became an issue. Digital Today reported that Deputy Prime Minister Bae said the frontier AI project is not being pursued on the president's instruction. iNews24 reported the same remark and added that whether to set up a special purpose company (SPC), mentioned as a way to carry out the project, has not yet been decided.
The figures given for the project's size differ by outlet. iNews24 wrote that it is a 16 trillion won project, and E-Focus also wrote that a company worth 16 trillion won would be set up to develop it. Digital Today reported it as a 4.7 trillion won project.
Digital Today reported that at the same audit, lawmakers from both the ruling and opposition parties pressed hard on the response to the PHP security vulnerability, the process of promoting the frontier AI project, and allegations that LG Uplus covered up a hack. The outlet wrote that the Ministry of Science and ICT responded with measures including a government-wide security plan.