NCsoft (CEO Kim Taek-jin) is preparing to make the leap to becoming an "AI technology company."
NCsoft announced on the 27th that it will become a leading AI company in Korea by securing AI-based technology. The technologies that NCsoft is researching are applicable to various applications, including AI gaming, speech, vision, AI language and AI knowledge infrastructure.
NCsoft’s research and development for AI technology is wide ranging. In particular, NCsoft is focusing on securing a variety of AI source technologies including games.
NCsoft's AI research and development is being carried out by the AI and NLP centers. The two centers are under the direct supervision of CEO Kim Taek-jin. They operate five different technical research areas. The AI center includes the AI Game Lab, the AI Speech Lab, and the AI Vision Lab. The NLP center includes the AI Language Lab, and the AI knowledge lab. There are more than 100 AI researches in the field.
NCsoft will launch an AI-based baseball information service "PAGE." "PAGE" is a service that utilizes AI technology to create, summarize, and edit baseball specific content in real time. The Language AI technology is then responsible for analyzing, summarizing, and generating text content provided by the "PAGE" service, and then implements Q&A between the users and the AI.
Knowledge AI technology is used to measure, analyze and predict the interest in news content, and to automatically process information in the form of text, infographics, and so on when needed. PAGE will be in ‘Early Access’ format, with iOS and Android versions coming out in April.
The research and development related to Game AI is also vigorous. NCsoft is developing AI technology to help with the game development process. Through AI technology, the company is looking at technologies that will reduce the repetitive manual tasks required in the game development process such as planning, art, and programming. Especially recently, the company is studying machine learning-based graphics technology to develop AI technologies to improve the quality of existing game graphics and reduce the manual work of animators.
