Kakao Brain to upgrade its Korean-language AI model using Google TPU

Kakao Brain, the AI tech research and development subsidiary of South Korean messaging app operator Kakao Corp., has reportedly announced that it will be upgrading its Korean-language based AI model to go all-in to promote the development of the nation's AI sector. As per the announcement, Kakao Brain plans on enhancing the deep learning process of its Korean-language AI model, KoGPT, and making it 100 times more efficient with the help of the Google Tensor Processing Unit (TPU), Google Cloud's supercomputer. Google TPU, which is a large-scale computing system that can rapidly calculate and process data, is the nation's biggest supercomputing infrastructure with deep learning capabilities. The company adds that it is capable of carrying out as many as one quintillion calculations per second. The company plans on improving its AI model with the system so it can understand Korean better, with the possibility of recognizing sarcasm in a sentence or filtering out negative comments online.