South Korea sets out a separate frontier-model program alongside its domestic AI contest
At an October 2 briefing covered in newly surfaced October 5 reporting, the science ministry said its existing competition would continue, with a distinct frontier-model effort and an industrial-deployment track. It plans an open selection process for the frontier project, backed by a proposed 4.7 trillion won public investment that still needs parliamentary approval.
ThereforeKorean developers could compete for a much larger pool of model-building resources without ending the existing contest.