NVIDIA and Korea extend sovereign AI work from chips to skills

NVIDIA and the Ministry of Science and ICT of South Korea extend their work on sovereign AI. This is AI that the country controls. The work includes chips, data centers, talent, startups, models, agents and safety. NVIDIA also works with SK Telecom and Rebellions, with help from the ministry. The source gives no dates, cost numbers or test results.

What is new

Korean makers of AI chips can try to connect to NVLink Fusion, an NVIDIA ecosystem. NVIDIA will give training, certification and events to help teams use GPUs fully.

Models and software

In the AI for All initiative of Korea, NVIDIA will work with three consortia and four Korean foundation model builders. They will use NVIDIA Dynamo software to operate AI models at more scale.

What is not known

The source does not name the consortia or the builders. It gives no scale of the work.

Insight: Sovereign AI still operates on NVIDIA parts

NVIDIA works with Korean firms on OpenShell for agent safety. It also works with European broadcasters on sovereign standards. At this time Korean chip makers can connect to NVLink Fusion. This reads as NVIDIA that gives sovereignty as a full stack. A country gets control of its data, and NVIDIA keeps the gate. Look at which local chips connect.