AI NewsWaveOpenAI Holds First "Model Masters" in Korea With 11 Startups
Key points
- First OpenAI Model Masters held at Seoul office
- Services from 11 Korean startups demonstrated
- Voice, work automation and video editing products shown
OpenAI said on the 26th that it held "OpenAI Model Masters," a program supporting Korean startups' AI service development, for the first time. The event was held at OpenAI's Seoul office on the 23rd, and 11 startups took part, showing services they built with OpenAI models.
AI Times described Model Masters as a program that helps startups turn AI ideas into actual products and features. Techworld News reported that participating companies used OpenAI's models and APIs to show a range of products and features, from voice services to work automation and video editing. Chosun Biz summarized it in its headline as support for Korean startups' AI service development.
There has also been recent reporting on OpenAI. Chosun Biz, citing a report by the IT outlet The Information on the 24th (U.S. time), said OpenAI is winning over customers of rival Anthropic with discounts, and mentioned AI usage fee discounts of 20 to 40% in its headline. AI Times reported that OpenAI is leading with price discounts and free credits on Codex and API models, and that at some companies the share of use between the two companies' models has reversed.
Glossary An API is a set of connection rules that lets one program call the functions of another service. Developers use APIs to connect OpenAI models to their own services.