SK Telecom and Intel join hands on developing AI-powered connected car - Pulse by Maeil Business News Korea

Head of SK Telecom----s Corporate R&D Center Choi Jin-sung (left in the picture) and Intel Korea----s Chief Executive Officer Kwon Myung-sook [Photo provided by SK Telecom Co.] South Korea----s top wireless carrier SK Telecom Co. said it will work with the world----s biggest chipmaker Intel Corp. to develop connected car system piloted by artificial intelligence. SK Telecom last Thursday signed a memorandum of understanding with Intel to cooperate on developing Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X) communication and deep-learning based video recognition technologies, the telecommunication company said on Monday. The V2X communication refers to wireless technology transferring information from a vehicle to everything that may affect the vehicle. The Korean telecom company will provide vehicular communications and video recognition technologies while Intel contribute its expertise in 5G networks and deep-learning, or data-based machine learning, system to develop a platform for automated connected car. The two firms aim to demonstrate the new connected car technology as early as next year.