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LG Rolls outs 'K-EXAONE': South Korea Joins the Global Frontier AI Race with World-Class AI Model
LG AI Research, a leading artificial intelligence research organization in South Korea, today announced the public release of its flagship AI model, 'K-EXAONE (K-EXAONE 236B-A23B, 236 billion parameters, with an Active 23 billion variant)', marking a significant milestone in the nation's ambition to become a global powerhouse in AI technology.
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[{"type":"text","content":"SEOUL, South Korea, Jan. 12, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- LG AI Research, a leading artificial intelligence research organization in South Korea, today announced the public release of its flagship AI model, 'K-EXAONE (K-EXAONE 236B-A23B, 236 billion parameters, with an Active 23 billion variant)', marking a significant milestone in the nation's ambition to become a global powerhouse in AI technology.","length":412,"tagName":"p"},{"type":"text","content":"K-EXAONE has already demonstrated exceptional performance across international benchmarks, which has secured South Korea's position among the world's top AI models.","length":172,"tagName":"p"},{"type":"text","content":"Outstanding Performance on Global AI BenchmarksK-EXAONE achieved first place in 10 out of 13 benchmark tests under the first-stage evaluation criteria of South Korea's national artificial intelligence foundation model project, scoring an average of 72 points—the highest among five consortia models participating in this project-evaluated.","length":344,"tagName":"p"},{"type":"text","content":"Additionally, it ranked 7th globally and 1st in South Korea on the Intelligence Index by Artificial Analysis, a leading global AI performance evaluation organization, with a score of 32 points.","length":193,"tagName":"p"},{"type":"text","content":"Notably, K-EXAONE is the only model from a country other than the US or China in the global Top 10 of open-weight AI models, underscoring South Korea's growing influence in the AI landscape.","length":194,"tagName":"p"},{"type":"text","content":"Technical Innovation: Hybrid Attention and High EfficiencyK-EXAONE is built on over five years of proprietary AI foundation model research by LG AI Research. Unlike models that rely solely on increasing data volume, K-EXAONE introduces a revolutionary architecture that enhances performance while significantly reducing training and operational costs.","length":352,"tagName":"p"},{"type":"text","content":"Key innovations include:- Hybrid Attention Mechanism: Combines "sliding window attention" (for detailed analysis) and "global attention" (for broad context), reducing memory and computational requirements by 70% compared to EXAONE 4.0.","length":256,"tagName":"p"},{"type":"text","content":"- Advanced Tokenizer: Expanded vocabulary to 150,000 words...