Kakao Unveils 'Integrated Agentic AI Interface,' Expands AI Experience Centered on KakaoTalk
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Kakao said it had unveiled its "integrated agentic AI interface" strategy, with KakaoTalk at the center to connect users' daily lives and work.
At the if(kakao)26 event, it unveiled Kanana Space, Kanvas, Kanana, Project Mosaic, and an AI safety platform.
Kakao also plans to run CBT for Kanana Space from December for some pre-registrants, while expanding Kanvas-based agents and an agent space within KakaoTalk.
Kakao unveiled its "integrated agentic AI interface" strategy and set out a goal of connecting users' daily lives and work, with KakaoTalk as the centerpiece of the strategy. The company held "if(kakao)26" at the Kakao AI Campus in Yongin, Gyeonggi Province, on the 13th-14th, and put forward "Intelligence in Every Connection" as the event theme.
At the event, Kakao introduced agentic AI services and technologies based on personalization. In her first keynote, CEO Chung Shin-a focused on presenting AI-based personalized experiences as an extension of Kakao's existing "connection" strategy.
To that end, Kakao unveiled the AI assistant for KakaoTalk, "Kanana Space," the PC-based agent service "Kanvas," the AI model "Kanana," personalization technology "Project Mosaic," and an AI safety platform.
Kakao said users can use Kanana Space, an AI assistant callable across all areas of KakaoTalk, to process message sending, schedule management, web searches, and changes to KakaoTalk settings by making requests via voice or text.
Looking ahead, Kakao plans to expand Kanana Space's scope to include in-KakaoTalk tasks such as ordering, gifting, reservations, and remittances. Through this, it aims to create a structure that selects needed products and services based on users' previous behavior and request context, and then connects the follow-up procedures.
Separately, Kakao unveiled Kanvas, which lets users create and run agents directly on PC. Kanvas works by building an agent from a combination of related tools and skills when a user enters a role description, and tasks are carried out within the scope the user allows.
Kakao will begin closed beta testing (CBT) for Kanana Space from December, targeting some users who pre-registered in advance. Pre-registrations open on the 13th.
Kakao is enabling Kanvas-based agents to handle repetitive, everyday tasks on behalf of users, and it has built user confirmation steps at each necessary stage of an agent's work. The company also plans to expand features that let users share the agents they create with others. In addition, it plans to set up a space in KakaoTalk in the first half of next year where various agents can be connected and used.
Kakao is also advancing the Kanana AI model to support these services. The core technology directions it outlined include full-stack optimization covering lightweighting, computation, and serving, as well as multimodality and agentic AI. Simple requests will be handled by on-device models, while complex tasks will be processed in conjunction with large models.
In this process, an AI conductor coordinates the appropriate models, tools, and execution sequence according to the user's request. Kakao also uses its in-house tokenizer to improve inference efficiency.
On the multimodal side, Kakao introduced Kanana-o, which understands text, images, and voice at the same time, and Kanana Live for real-time voice interaction. Kakao developed Kanana-o's encoder and decoder in-house, and plans to open-source them in the future.
Kakao is also pushing Project Mosaic to operate personalized agents. The project is designed to connect the context of users' memories and experiences, and to deliver only the information needed for each agent within the allowed scope. It also features a structure in which multiple agents share the same context and collaborate.
Kakao is also strengthening its agent safety framework. The goal is to prevent actions from exceeding the user's scope of consent. To this end, it is applying data governance, introducing validation systems, and promoting management of action plans and execution processes together.
Kakao is also pursuing the provision of stable AI services for a large user base, and it said it will expand its AI service infrastructure. CEO Chung said "connection for everyone" is the promise Kakao has upheld and a criterion it will continue to hold in the AI era. She also said the company will add personal understanding and tailored intelligence for individual needs so that anyone can experience AI in familiar everyday life.
Members of Kakao and its affiliates are taking part in the event. A total of 55 sessions will be held, with topics including AI direction, trust and safety, models and agents, and infrastructure. Kakao is holding sessions at the event centered on these themes.
Source: TECHWORLD · Kim Seung-gi
Original: https://www.epnc.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=408123
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