Sharing pioneering artificial intelligence models with the Korean scientific community
The Korean Ministry of Science and ICT (MSIT) recently launched the K-Moonshot missions, an initiative aimed at enabling dramatic improvements in scientific research productivity and addressing grand national challenges.
Helping to make this vision a reality, Google will establish an AI Campus in the Republic of Korea, an AI-focused facility at its offices in Seoul.
AI Campus will be a hub for Korean universities and research institutions to collaborate with Google’s world-leading AI experts to accelerate scientific breakthroughs through research and access to our most advanced AI for science models, programs and events. We will start by partnering with research-oriented institutions, including Seoul National University (SNU), the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), and the Ministry’s three AI Bio Innovation Hubs, leveraging our models in areas such as life sciences, energy, weather and climate, for example:
- AlphaEvolve – Gemini-based coding agent for designing and optimizing advanced algorithms. This has shown beneficial effects in many areas of computer science and mathematics, and similar examples are emerging in the fields of drug discovery and energy.
- AlphaGenome – an artificial intelligence model designed to assist scientists better understand how mutations in human DNA sequences affect a wide range of gene functions, accelerating research into the biology of the genome and helping to better understand disease.
- AlphaFold – Already used by over 85,000 researchers in Korea, we will explore accelerating AI-based predictions for proteins, DNA and RNA.
- AI Collaborator – a multi-agent artificial intelligence system that acts as a virtual scientific collaborator, helping researchers brainstorm and verify hypotheses. This has promising benefits for a range of biomedical applications and we look forward to collaborating on joint research and technical advice to support the Ministerial AI Scientist Project on how best to integrate the system.
- WeatherNext – We will explore collaboration opportunities to support Korea’s energy and sustainability goals in predicting and analyzing the impacts of extreme weather events and optimizing renewable energy in grids.
Cultivating AI Talent and Security Partnerships
Realizing the full potential of AI requires investing in people and building responsibly. To support the next generation of Korean AI talent, we are opening the door to networking with Google DeepMind, including exploring internship opportunities for Korean students. This builds on Google’s broader commitment to the region, including a recent service milestone 50,000 AI Essentials Scholarships to assist job seekers gain basic skills.
Finally, following ours Security commitments on artificial intelligence at the border made at the Seoul AI Summit, we will collaborate with the Korea AI Security Institute (AISI) on research and best practices.
Building on the AlphaGo legacy
As we look back on AlphaGo’s legacy, we are incredibly excited about what lies ahead. We look forward to working with the government as it invests in critical local AI infrastructure, such as the fresh National Center for Artificial Intelligence for Science (NAIS), which is scheduled to open in May.
We believe that by combining Google’s pioneering DeepMind artificial intelligence models with the brilliant scientific minds of Korea, we can unlock scientific discoveries that will benefit society for generations to come.