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Kakao Launches Kanana Scholar Academic Collaboration Program
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Kakao launched Kanana Scholar, an AI collaboration program, and held its inaugural expert-advisory meeting on March 9, the company said. The program convenes seven professors from Yonsei, KAIST, Hanyang and Seoul National University to advise on the Kanana foundation model, on-device AI, agentic AI and AI safety, and will include student exchange initiatives. Kakao says it aims to refine AI strategy and strengthen industry-academia ties through regular exchanges.
Key Points
- 1Launches Kanana Scholar program with seven academic advisors from Yonsei, KAIST, Hanyang and SNU
- 2Centers discussions on Kanana foundation model, on-device AI, agentic AI, and AI safety
- 3Enables Kakao to refine AI strategy and strengthen industry-academia collaboration for product development
Scoring Rationale
Company-announced collaboration offers strategic value and academic links, limited by narrow scope and shallow reporting.
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