SK Telecom has secured a global AI standard as its standardization proposal for the 'AI Integration Package (AI Full Stack)' submitted to the ITU-T was approved as a new project.

SK Telecom (CEO Yoo Young-sang) announced on the 12th that its AI integration package, 'Structure and Interoperability of AI Full Stack,' proposed by the company, was adopted as a new standardization project by Study Group 11 of the International Telecommunication Union Telecommunication Standardization Sector (ITU-T).

ITU-T is the standardization sector of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), an international organization for information and communications technology under the United Nations (UN), and currently has over 900 members from industry, academia, and research institutions from more than 190 member countries.

In this standardization proposal, SKT classified and defined each component of the 'AI full stack' into four major modules: AI processor, AI database, AI modeling, and AI application and API, and proposed a blueprint for interoperability between the elements.

Going forward, SKT, together with member companies, will develop the architecture, signaling methods, and interoperability for the optimization of the integrated package The types of data for this purpose will be standardized.

While there has been standardization for specific technologies, such as hardware and software, required to implement AI services, this is the first time that a single package connecting these individual technological elements has been standardized.

The adoption of the 'AI Full Stack' standardization is attributed to the fact that SKT has accumulated R&D capabilities and developed core technologies while researching the entire AI process over the past several years.

SKT has been researching the entire AI process, ranging from 'Sapion,' a specialized AI semiconductor, to 'MetaRunner,' an AI automatic modeling tool, 'Lightning DB' and 'MetaVision,' AI computation data storage and management systems, as well as 'AI Camera,' an AI service.

If global standards for the AI service development process are established, it will not only provide the advantage of securing global AI standards but also enable interoperability between components even if the developers are different, allowing for the configuration of AI services in various combinations.

Furthermore, it is expected that various ideas, such as AI combining with control infrastructure to provide a social safety net or the introduction of AI-based medical imaging diagnostic assistance solutions, will rapidly transform our daily lives as they are converted into AI services.

SKT, having declared its evolution into an 'AI & Digital Infra' service company, plans to expand the application of its 'AI Full Stack' to SK affiliates and major sectors such as security, media, manufacturing, and healthcare, starting with its own key AI services.

SKT also proposed standardization centered on its vision AI technology and services to the Korea Information and Communications Technology Association (TTA), a domestic ICT standardization organization, which was adopted last October, and on the 8th, regarding the standardization He/She received a plaque of merit from TTA in recognition of his/her contributions to Korea.

Lee Jong-min, Head of T3K Innovation at SKT and Chair of ITU-T SG11 Q7 leading the current 'AI Full Stack' standardization, stated, "SKT will continue its efforts to bring convenience to daily life by revitalizing the domestic and international AI ecosystem and expanding its reach to include everything from individual developers to small and medium-sized businesses and large corporations, so that AI can be applied more closely to real life."