{
  "id": 1617280,
  "title": "The evaluation matches for 'National AI' have narrowed down to a three-way competition between Upstage, LG, and SKT, with Motive reportedly failing to make the cut.",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/ai-lg-skt-3",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-08-18T00:58:50.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Hankyoreh",
    "slug": "hankyoreh",
    "url": "https://www.hani.co.kr/arti/economy/it/1273359.html"
  },
  "original_language": "ko",
  "account": "South Korea's Ministry of Science and Technology has announced that three teams - Upstage, SK Telecom, and LG AI Research - have passed the second evaluation stage of the country's \"National AI Model\" project. The evaluation assessed four teams on benchmark, expert, and user criteria, with Motif Technologies being eliminated. The project aims to reduce dependence on foreign technology and secure AI sovereignty, and the three teams will proceed to the next stage. The teams' models have also been registered on the Epoch AI's list of notable AI models.",
  "summary": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}