Aka AI (CEO Raymond Jeong) announced on the twenty sixth that it has supplied and installed a synthetic intelligence (AI) English learning robot ‘Musio’ to Baekbong Elementary School in Yongin City, Gyeonggi Province.

Because the third case of introducing Musio to an academic institution affiliated with the Gyeonggi Provincial Office of Education, AKAAI has previously installed Musio robots at Bunjin Middle School and Hyeonam Middle School.

This introduction is to appreciate ‘realization of communication and competency-centered foreign language classes and bridging the gap in English education’ that the Gyeonggi Provincial Office of Education emphasizes in elementary education. The aim is to answer ‘establishing an intelligent English classroom and strengthening AI English classes using it’, considered one of the work plans of the Office of Education this yr.

Musio is a robot equipped with ‘Muse’, a communication AI engine developed by Akaai. It is provided with an English conversation learning system and a proficiency measurement algorithm to assist measure and improve English proficiency. It focused on educational AI technology, akin to AI adjusting the problem of English conversation by itself.

“Even at the top of the primary half of the yr, inquiries from Gyeonggi-do schools are continuing,” said Park Byeong-tak, head of Aka AI headquarters. “I hope that many children can experience gaining confidence in English with Musio.”

Meanwhile, because the AI ​​service was launched in Mureung Elementary School and Middle School in Jeju in March 2020, greater than 50 educational institutions have introduced Musio, and 250 in Japan are included. Aka AI was chosen as considered one of the ‘Korea AI Startup 100’ for 2 consecutive years from 2021, and was chosen as a finalist for the ‘Edison Award’ within the US in 2021.

Reporter Jang Se-min semim99@aitimes.com