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LG Unveils Korea’s First Open Source AI, ‘EXAONE 3.0’

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2 months ago

August 7, 2024

– Available for research purposes, contributing to an AI ecosystem

SEOUL, South Korea, Aug. 7, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — LG AI Research today released its latest AI model, EXAONE 3.0, as open source for research purposes.

To contribute to the development of the AI research ecosystem, LG AI Research has decided to open source the ‘lightweight model’ of EXAONE 3.0, which is the most versatile in terms of performance and cost-efficiency, so that it can be utilized for various research purposes.

The company is also preparing for the transition to the ‘era of everyday AI’ by releasing the open beta version of ChatEXAONE, an enterprise AI agent based on EXAONE 3.0, to LG’s employees.

EXAONE 3.0 proved global competitiveness with top performance among global open-source AI models

LG AI Research published a technical report detailing the model training method and performance evaluation findings of EXAONE 3.0.

LG AI Research has been focusing on research and development to apply generative AI to real-world industrial applications from its inception, including the release of EXAONE 1.0 in December 2021 and EXAONE 2.0 in July 2023.

The latest iteration, EXAONE 3.0, combines enhanced performance with cost-efficiency.

Compared to its predecessor, EXAONE 2.0, EXAONE 3.0 shows excellent results in both performance and economy, with 56% less processing time for inference, 35% less memory usage, and 72% lower operating costs.

To solve the problem of power consumption triggered by AI, LG AI Research focused on researching lightweight and optimization technologies and succeeded in reducing the size of the model by 97% while increasing performance compared to EXAONE 1.0.

In the technical report of EXAONE 3.0, LG AI Research disclosed both the individual scores of the 25 benchmarks used in the evaluation, including MT-Bench, AlpacaEval-2.0, Arena-Hard, and WildBench, which comprehensively evaluate the real-world use cases performance of AI models, as well as the average score for each area, to enhance the reliability of the results.

EXAONE 3.0 ranked global top in 13 benchmark scores, including real-world use cases, coding, and math, demonstrating its global competitiveness when compared to other global open-source AI models of similar size, such as Meta’s Llama 3.1 and Google’s Gemma 2.

EXAONE 3.0, a bilingual model that can learn and understand both Korean and English, also recorded the world’s best performance in Korean.

To improve the performance of EXAONE 3.0, LG’s AI Research used more than 60 million data from patents, software code, math, chemistry, and other specialized fields for training. As part of its strategic expansion, the company aims to incorporate additional fields such as law, biology, medicine, education, and various languages by the year-end, to surpass 100 million data points to bolster the system’s performance.

LG AI Research have also been working to enhance the safety and reliability of EXAONE 3.0 by conducting red-teaming, which involves intentionally attacking the AI model to verify vulnerabilities in technologies, and then improving them.

LG products and services with EXAONE 3.0 will be available in the second half of the year

LG AI Research will work with LG affiliates to bring EXAONE 3.0 to products and services in the second half of the year.

LG AI Research has designed different model sizes for different applications, from the ‘ultra-lightweight model’ for on-device AI to the ‘lightweight model’ for general purpose, to the ‘high-performance model’ for specialized applications.

LG affiliates will fine-tune EXAONE 3.0 with their data and apply it to their businesses, products, and services to accelerate innovation.

LG AI Research is also actively discussing global partnerships.

“As it is important to create AI that can be used in real-world industries, we plan to strengthen partnerships between LG affiliates and other companies and institutions with EXAONE, which has specialized performance and cost-efficiency,” said Bae Kyunghoon, President of LG AI Research. “In particular, we plan to open source this highly versatile and lightweight model so that academia and research institutes can utilize the latest generative AI technology, contributing to the AI research ecosystem and further enhancing AI competitiveness.”

LG‘s AI assistant, ChatEXAONE, debuted as an Enterprise AI Agent

LG will start the open beta service of ChatEXAONE for its affiliates’ employees from the 7th.

ChatEXAONE is an enterprise AI agent based on EXAONE 3.0 and provides a variety of functions to enhance work productivity, including real-time web-based Q&A, document and image-based Q&A, coding, and database management.

LG employees can experience a change in the way they work by using AI for various tasks, from searching to summarization, translation, data analysis, report writing, and coding.

ChatEXAONE adopted ‘Retrieval-Augmented Generation’ (RAG) technology that utilizes real-time web search results to understand the context of the user’s instruction (prompts) and provide answers that reflect the latest information.

“Generative AI generates different results depending on the prompts, i.e., how the question is asked,” said an official from LG AI Research. “We have also applied a feature that recommends sample questions that fit the user’s job so that people who are not familiar with generative AI can use it comfortably.”

ChatEXAONE also provides features for software developers and data analytics experts.

LG AI Research expects that ChatEXAONE can generate queries in 22 programming languages (such as Python, Java, and C++,) and SQL (Structured Query Language) for database management, using only natural language (a language used by humans daily) input. This will help users improve their work productivity.

LG AI Research will release an open beta service through the end of the year and regularly update it to reflect the feedback and ideas of employees, and will provide the official service and mobile app according to the readiness of each LG affiliate.

For affiliates that need to learn proprietary documents and secure data, the company plans to build separate specialized services, like the case of LG Display, which in June built an AI service that can answer questions after training 300,000 additional proprietary documents.

Meanwhile, LG has been accelerating its AI transformation for the past four years after establishing the LG AI Research, an AI think tank for LG Group, in December 2020, and has planned to invest KRW 3.6 trillion in R&D in AI by 2026 for future technologies, and global AI talents.

Koo Kwang-mo, Chairman and CEO of LG Group has identified AI as a future business and emphasized bold investment and innovation, leading to tangible results such as increasing the number of AI technology applications at each affiliate’s business sites and expanding external partnerships, including production processes, product development, and customer service improvement.

About LG Group

LG Group is a leading global company representing South Korea, offering innovative products and services across various industries such as electronics, chemicals, telecommunications, and energy. Established in 1947, LG Group has grown into a world-renowned brand through its activities in these diverse fields. The company is committed to continuous research and development, focusing on innovation to enhance the quality of life for its customers. Emphasizing its role as a socially responsible enterprise, LG Group is striving to strengthen its competitiveness in the global market and achieve sustainable growth through its future portfolio in areas like AI, Bio, and Cleantech. The company is dedicated to realizing its vision of being a business that provides value to customers and society, pursuing this mission with unwavering determination.

About LG AI Research

Launched in December 2020 as the artificial intelligence (AI) research hub of South Korea’s LG Group, LG AI Research aims to lead the next epoch of artificial intelligence (AI) to realize a promising future by providing optimal research environments and leveraging state-of-the-art AI technologies. And LG AI Research developed its large-scale AI, EXAONE, a 300 billion parametric multimodal AI model, in 2021. EXAONE, which stands for “Expert AI for Everyone,” is a multi-modal large-scale AI model that stands out from its peers due to its ability to process both language and visual data. With one of the world’s largest learning data capacities, LG AI Research aims to engineer better business decisions through its state-of-the-art artificial intelligence technologies and its continuous effort on fundamental AI research. For more information, visit https://www.lgresearch.ai/.

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Supreme Court Justice Michelle O’Bonsawin Joins Elementary Students for Live Virtual Q&A and Chapter One Storybook Reading on Sep. 24

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September 21, 2024

The Honourable Justice Michelle O’Bonsawin, the first Indigenous person appointed to the Supreme Court of Canada, will join elementary students in a live virtual Q&A on September 24, from 1:00-2:15 pm ET, following a reading of the children’s storybook, “Daanis the Judge.” This event is hosted by Chapter One, a children’s literacy charity, to commemorate the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. Lawyer Victoria Perrie, writer of “Daanis the Judge,” will read aloud the inspiring story, which is based on Justice O’Bonsawin’s remarkable journey. Illustrator EJ Miller-Larson will join Justice O’Bonsawin and Perrie in a moderated Q&A session with over 1900 elementary students.

TORONTO, Sept. 21, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — The Honourable Justice Michelle O’Bonsawin, the first Indigenous person to be appointed to the Supreme Court of Canada, will join elementary students in a live virtual Q&A following a live online reading of the original children’s storybook “Daanis the Judge,” on September 24, from 1:00-2:15 pm ET. The event will be hosted by Chapter One to mark the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. Chapter One is a children’s literacy charity that provides 1:1 high-impact reading tutoring and co-creates original storybooks with participating communities nationwide.

“I am very humbled and proud to be a part of the book, “Daanis the Judge.” My hope is that this book will inspire youth to dream big and know that anything is possible. I am evidence of that!” – Justice Michelle O’Bonsawin

Métis-Cree lawyer Victoria Perrie, who wrote “Daanis the Judge,” will lead the live reading. Students will ask questions during a moderated Q&A with Justice O’Bonsawin, Perrie, and illustrator EJ Miller-Larson, of the Fond du Lac Band and Oneida Nation.

“Daanis the Judge” was inspired by Justice O’Bonsawin’s trailblazing career. It tells the story of a young student, Daanis, who dreams of becoming a judge after learning about Justice O’Bonsawin’s achievements.

The story is part of Chapter One’s growing collection of original children’s e-storybooks, co-created with Indigenous writers, illustrators and communities. The e-storybooks celebrate Indigenous experiences and perspectives, and feature audio clips of Elders pronouncing foundational words in their communities’ first languages. All e-storybooks are provided for free through the Global Free Library.

About Chapter One

Chapter One (chapterone.org/ca) is a global nonprofit and registered Canadian charity that provides one-on-one early literacy tutoring programs to 2,300 children in eight provinces and territories across Canada. Its proven “short burst” high-impact tutoring approach—five-minute sessions, three to five times a week—is ideally suited to young children’s attention spans and aligns with the Science of Reading. In one of the largest randomized control trials conducted on early literacy instruction, researchers from Stanford University found that 7 out of 10 students receiving Chapter One high impact tutoring achieved phonics benchmarks by the end of Kindergarten, compared to 32% in the control group.

Children at risk of reading failure receive 1:1 reading support from trained, paid paraprofessional tutors through Chapter One’s online reading platform and custom software. Programs are delivered in-person and virtually in classrooms through agreements with schools and school boards, and at home on families’ smartphones, connecting struggling readers with individualized reading support—regardless of location and circumstance, even in some of the most geographically remote communities in Canada.

In addition to its tutoring programs, Chapter One collaborates with Indigenous communities to co-create children’s stories that represent the communities’ priorities and experiences and advance language revitalization efforts. The e-storybooks are provided for free online, as part of the Global Free Library.

Event details

The Live Virtual Q&A and Reading of “Daanis the Judge” with the Honourable Justice O’Bonsawin takes place on Tuesday, September 24, from 1:00-2:15 pm ET via Zoom. The event is open to elementary classes (Grades 1-6). Teachers/principals must register their classes in advance using this link.

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PEAC Institute Launches “24 Hour Pause for Peace: A Global Concert”

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September 21, 2024

24 Hour Pause for Peace Will Be the Largest Peace Initiative Ever Worldwide, Unifying 96 Countries on Six Continents Through Music

MONTCLAIR, N.J., Sept. 21, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — On this International Day of Peace, PEAC Institute, part of the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize winning team, has launched “24 Hour Pause for Peace: A Global Concert,” the largest peace initiative ever organized worldwide through music.

“Now, we need companies, government entities, other nonprofits and donors who care about our cause for peace to join us in lifting up the biggest event of this generation.”

On October 4, 2025, this ground-breaking program will activate a massive network of youth ensembles that spans 96 countries and territories across six continents and host two 24-hour commercial festivals featuring some of the biggest acts in music and entertainment. This extraordinary day-long event will be live-streamed globally, allowing millions to participate simultaneously.

“It has been 40 years since Live Aid and We Are the World historically unified and changed the world through music,” said Rebecca Irby, president and CEO of PEAC Institute. “With our planet riddled with post-pandemic fatigue, climate chaos, unsettling wars and more, we believe it is time to create a new trajectory for humanity by inviting everyone around the globe to a 24 hour pause for peace to enjoy the sounds of music and feel the transformative power of human connection,” Irby explained.

Additionally, 24 Hour Pause for Peace plans to amass more than 100 million ambassadors to sign an appeal to the United Nations calling for a 24 hour ceasefire during the children’s concerts and commercial music events. All countries are welcome to participate with no exceptions. One of Pause for Peace’s core beliefs is everyone has the right to be equally respected and heard, particularly in collectively calling for peace.

“Achieving this ambitious global endeavor requires the support and participation from the most impactful brands, organizations, and influential leaders, artists and celebrities,” said Jennifer McKenna, 24 Hour Pause for Peace CEO.

Pause for Peace is a $165 million global initiative. Currently, it is in its first phase of raising seed capital through consumer brand-aligned sponsorships and private donors. Funding for the program is tax-deductible through PEAC’s 501(c)(3) status.

“We have assembled an exceptional executive team of change agents in entertainment, production, consumer marketing, charitable development and global security to make this extraordinary, worldwide peace event happen.” McKenna added. “Now, we need companies, government entities, other nonprofits and donors who care about our cause for peace to join us in lifting up the biggest event of this generation.” To become involved in 24 Hour Pause for Peace: A Global Concert as a sponsor, partner or donor, sign up to be an Ambassador, or for more information, go to www.24hourpauseforpeace.org.

About PEAC Institute

PEAC Institute is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization based in the United States. PEAC stands for peace, education, art and communication. It was formed in 2016 through a campaign with partner organization, International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), which garnered a 2017 Nobel Peace Prize. PEAC now holds special consultative status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations and has a global presence working with countries and territories worldwide to reach the most marginalized youth through art and communication activities to help them explore and express. For more information on PEAC Institute, go to www.peacinstitute.org.

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Chadwick Boyd, Pause for Peace, 1 4046060611, chadwick@24hourpauseforpeace.org, www.24hourpauseforpeace.org

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Global Times: China opens 12 nuclear research facilities to global scientists

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5 hours ago

September 21, 2024

The involved facilities span areas such as basic nuclear research, isotope production, nuclear environment simulation, equipment testing, and radioactive waste treatment and disposal.

VIENNA, Sept. 21, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — China will open 12 nuclear research facilities and testing platforms to international scientists and institutions to enhance global cooperation, a senior Chinese official said here on Monday.

These include the China Advanced Research Reactor, the new-generation tokamak device Huanliu-3, and the Beishan Underground Research Laboratory, Liu Jing, vice chairman of the China Atomic Energy Authority (CAEA), said at a meeting on the sidelines of the International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA) annual general conference.

The facilities span areas such as basic nuclear research, isotope production, nuclear environment simulation, equipment testing, and radioactive waste treatment and disposal.

Monday’s meeting, themed “Share for Development,” was organized by the CAEA to promote international cooperation in nuclear technology research and development, as China marks the 40th anniversary of its accession to the IAEA.

Yu Jianfeng, chairman of China National Nuclear Corporation, said at the event that the company aims to deepen cooperation with the IAEA and expand international collaboration. He expressed hope that opening China’s nuclear research facilities will contribute to advancing nuclear technology globally.

IAEA’s Deputy Director General Mikhail Chudakov commended China’s remarkable achievements in nuclear energy development and highlighted the long-standing, fruitful relationship between the IAEA and the CAEA.

Welcoming China’s decision to open up more of its nuclear research and development facilities, Chudakov said the move will further strengthen the agency’s technical capacity to support its member states.

On Monday evening, the CAEA and China’s permanent mission to the United Nations (UN) and other international organizations in Vienna jointly held a reception at the UN headquarters in Vienna to celebrate the 40th anniversary of China’s accession to the IAEA. More than 200 participants, including IAEA representatives and foreign envoys to Vienna, attended the event.

Li Song, China’s permanent representative to the UN and other international organizations in Vienna, said at the reception that China and the IAEA have expanded practical cooperation and jointly promoted the development of nuclear energy over the past 40 years.

China, he said, will continue to strengthen collaboration with the IAEA and its member states to address emerging challenges in international security, safeguard the global non-proliferation regime, and promote the use of nuclear energy and technology for the benefit of the Global South.

At the reception, Liu, Li and IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi jointly unveiled a bronze statue of Qian Sanqiang, a renowned Chinese nuclear physicist and one of the founders of China’s nuclear industry.

The statue, donated by China, will be permanently displayed at the IAEA headquarters, alongside sculptures of Polish-French physicist Marie Curie and other prominent figures who have made significant contributions to the peaceful use of nuclear energy.

Contact: xutianshu@globaltimes.com.cn

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