SK Telecom Unveils 688B AI Model A.X K2 to Support Industrial AI Transition

South Korean telecommunications giant SK Telecom has launched A.X K2, a 688 billion-parameter foundation model, on Hugging Face. The model shows significant performance improvements in Korean language and long-text reasoning and is being deployed in manufacturing, defense, and biotech sectors in South Korea.

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