[K-Tech] LG unveils advanced EXAONE AI ecosystem

Choi Jung-gyu from LG AI Agent Group speaks at the "LG AI Talk Concert 2025," July 22 in Seoul. AJP Candice Kim

SEOUL, July 22 (AJP) - LG AI Research unveiled its next-generation artificial intelligence platform, the EXAONE ecosystem, on Tuesday at its annual AI Talk Concert, signaling an aggressive push into multimodal AI, enterprise solutions, and scientific research.

Held at the Magok LG Science Park in Seoul, the event highlighted the firm's ambition to position itself at the forefront of AI innovation across industries ranging from finance to biotechnology.

“In 2025, we are entering an era where we think, work and live together with AI,” said Lim Woo-hyung, co-director of LG AI Research. “Artificial intelligence is becoming a core technology that changes our lives and industries.”

The centerpiece of the event was EXAONE 4.0 VL, a multimodal vision-language model capable of analyzing complex documents, visual data, and molecular structures. According to LG, the model outperformed Meta’s LLaMA 4 Scout in benchmark evaluations, underscoring the company’s focus on highly specialized AI applications.

In the field of healthcare, LG introduced EXAONE Path 2.0, a precision medicine AI that can diagnose certain diseases in under a minute — down from the typical two-week timeframe — marking a potentially significant leap in clinical decision-making.

LG also debuted three enterprise-targeted tools built on the EXAONE foundation.

The event also highlighted LG’s expanding global collaborations.

Professor Baek Min-kyung of Seoul National University’s Department of Biological Sciences presented joint research aimed at advancing beyond Google DeepMind’s AlphaFold. The project focuses on predicting multiple dynamic protein states — rather than static structures — which could lead to more effective drug discovery and therapeutic interventions.

Meanwhile, Arman Sahovic of the London Stock Exchange Group demonstrated a business intelligence platform powered by LG’s AI that can analyze financial markets and generate investment insights for global investors.

Since launching its first model in December 2021, the EXAONE family has surpassed 5 million downloads, the most of any domestic AI developer, according to LG.

LG AI Research said it is transitioning from generative AI to “agentic AI” systems capable of planning and executing tasks autonomously. The company ultimately aims to develop physical AI applications that can interact with the real world.

LG AI Research co-director Lim Woo-hyung/ Courtesy of LG

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