{
  "id": 5254264,
  "title": "Naver Cloud consortium to develop sovereign AI model for cybersecurity",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/naver-cloud-consortium-to-develop-sovereign-ai-model-for-cybersecurity-5254264",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-09-03T05:32:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times-koreatimes",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/business/tech-science/20260903/naver-cloud-consortium-to-develop-sovereign-ai-model-for-cybersecurity"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Ministry of Science and ICT announced on Thursday that a consortium led by Naver Cloud Corp. has been chosen for a government initiative to develop an artificial intelligence (AI) foundation model specifically designed for cybersecurity. Naver Cloud's cloud and AI division outperformed a rival team from SK Telecom, receiving high praise for its extensive industry-academia-research collaboration, cutting-edge technology, and strategic roadmap, according to the ministry. The government-backed project aims to create a custom cybersecurity AI model tailored to Korea's evolving security landscape, given the escalating cyber threats posed by rapidly advancing AI technologies.\n\nThe Naver Cloud consortium consists of 32 companies and institutions, among them LG CNS, LG Uplus, KEPCO KDN Co., Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co., and the Financial Security Institute. To support the development of the model, the government will allocate up to 256 Nvidia B200 graphics processing units (GPUs) across the next ten months. In addition to the 256 GPUs supplied by the government, the consortium intends to utilize 4,000 B200 GPUs from various partners.",
  "summary": "A consortium led by Naver Cloud Corp. has been selected for a government project to develop an artificial intelligence (AI) foundation model specialized in cybersecurity, the Ministry of Science and ICT said Thursday. The cloud and AI arm of portal operator Naver beat a rival consortium led by SK Telecom, earning high marks for its broad industry-academia-research partnership, technological…",
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      {
        "outlet": "Yonhap News",
        "title": "Naver Cloud selected for gov't-backed cybersecurity AI model project",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/naver-cloud-selected-for-govt-backed-cybersecurity-ai-model-project",
        "published": "2026-09-03T00:59:18.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "Naver Cloud consortium to develop sovereign AI model for cybersecurity",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/naver-cloud-consortium-to-develop-sovereign-ai-model-for-cybersecurity",
        "published": "2026-09-03T05:22:02.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "KBS World Radio",
        "title": "Naver Cloud Consortium Picked to Develop AI Foundation Model for Cybersecurity",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/naver-cloud-consortium-picked-to-develop-ai-foundation-model-for",
        "published": "2026-09-03T06:26:05.000Z"
      }
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  "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."
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