South Korean web search firm Naver on Thursday rolled out its personal generative synthetic intelligence instrument, HyperCLOVA X. The corporate’s giant language mannequin (LLM) provides providers equivalent to a ChatGPT-like AI chatbot, CLOVA X, and a generative AI-based search engine Cue, equal to Microsoft Bing.
Naver’s cloud unit, Naver Cloud, which launched the HyperCLOVA X, stated CLOVA X began its beta service in English and Korean on August 24. Cue, accessible in September for beta testing, will probably be included into the present Naver’s search engine in November.
HyperCLOVA X is offered for creators and enterprise prospects. HyperCLOVA X is an upgraded model of its earlier LLM for the Korean language, known as HyperCLOVA, launched in 2021. Naver says HyperCLOVA has greater than 204 billion parameters, nevertheless it didn’t disclose what number of parameters have been skilled on the HyperCLOVA X. (Customers should join Naver accounts to make use of HyperCLOVA X, the corporate stated.)
Naver has greater than 500 AI consultants on its crew and is likely one of the 5 firms worldwide that has developed its personal giant language mannequin with greater than 100 billion parameters, CEO of Naver SooYeon Choi stated in a letter to shareholders revealed earlier this week.
Naver Cloud can be creating CLOVA X’s multimodal language fashions that will probably be able to analyzing and producing not solely textual content however photos, movies and audio, stated Nako Sung, Head of Expertise and Hypersacale AI at Naver Cloud, stated on the firm’s convention on Thursday. Naver goals to launch the Clova X multimodal language mannequin within the close to future, in accordance with Sung.
Naver’s generative AI rollout comes as world tech gamers attempt to keep forward of enhancing their very own generative AI merchandise. Microsoft-backed OpenAI has sparked competitors within the generative AI area. Google launched its AI chatbot Bard and invested in Anthropic and Baidu launched Ernie Bot. Corporations like Meta and Amazon also are reportedly preparing to release their own AI-powered chatbots.
Naver has stated it targets the areas the worldwide opponents haven’t but coated, for instance, South Korea, Japan, Southeast Asia, and the Center East.
The Korean web big will open its second knowledge middle, GAK Sejong, with 600,000 servers in South Korea for its generative AI providers in November, Choi stated on the convention. Naver has been working with Samsung to develop AI chips for hyperscale AI since final December.