The government is launching a demonstration project for an intelligent home with enhanced personal information protection using domestically produced artificial intelligence semiconductors.

The Ministry of Science and ICT (Minister Lee Jong-ho) announced on the 26th that in order to implement the 'AI-Semiconductor Initiative' announced in April of this year, it will fully promote the demonstration project of a leading model of on-device AI intelligent home based on domestic AI semiconductors with enhanced personal information protection as the first project of the K-on-device AI flagship.

This project is an intelligent home model based on on-device AI that processes all data within the home without using an external cloud by using domestically produced AI semiconductors.

The participating consortium includes Hyodol Co., Ltd. (service, care doll), DeepX (AI semiconductor), Watts Matter (device), Happy Connect and SKT (safety call), Korea Housing Management Corporation and welfare institutions (verification space).

At the business launch report meeting, the Hyodo Consortium presented a development and verification plan for a leading model of an on-device AI intelligent home that provides enhanced personal information protection and comprehensive residential welfare and convenience.

Specifically, it provides an emotional conversation service that attempts to communicate first by identifying the resident's facial expressions, etc. through a care doll, a conversation-style health management service such as medication suggestions and food recommendations, and a safety call (guardian, 119, etc.) that automatically connects when an emergency situation is recognized.We are developing an intelligent home service specialized for single-person households that require care, such as emergency response services.

In addition, we are developing a personalized, convenient, intelligent home service where devices such as lighting operate autonomously according to the lifestyle of the resident.

To implement these intelligent home services, we plan to develop an AI vision model that recognizes the inside of the home, such as lighting, facial expressions of residents, and movements, as well as a home-sLM that reflects regional dialects and pronunciation characteristics of each resident. We will also develop an intelligent home hub device equipped with domestic AI semiconductors so that AI can be operated inside the home without using the cloud.

In addition, by applying Matter, an international interconnection standard that allows for the free connection of various devices regardless of the manufacturer, to this project, we plan to build a service environment in which various devices in the home, such as switches, lights, and blinds, are connected to the intelligent home hub device using the Matter standard, and to conduct verification in actual living spaces by next year.

Meanwhile, Hyodol, the consortium's hosting company, is a senior care service company based on care dolls, and its growth potential has been recognized worldwide, including by winning the GLOMO Award in the Connected Health & Wellness category at MWC 2024. DeepX, a consortium participant, is an edge-type AI semiconductor company with the world's best power-to-performance ratio (computational performance per power) and has won three innovation awards at CES 2024.

Wattsmatter is a matter specialist company led by CEO Kim Hak-yong, an IoT expert.