The company has integrated its various service from music streaming to e-commerce into A. and is planning to launch it fully in 2023.
SKT added a feature called "Chat T" to A. that is powered by the technology behind ChatGPT, based on Microsoft's Azure OpenAI cloud computing service.
The Korean telecoms giant also added a chatroom function to A. that allows users to have conversations with an AI character.
"Through these conversations, users can share information about their daily life like they are talking to a close friend," SKT said in a press release.
SKT said it has brought more AI agents named "A. friends" to the product, equipped with conversational AI technology "that enables emotional and human-like conversations."
Persons:
chatbot, OpenAI's, Sapeon
Organizations:
SK Telecom's, SK Telecom, South Korea's, Microsoft, CNBC
Locations:
South, South Korea