[Edaily Reporter Lee So-Hyun ] FLITTO Inc.(300080)is partnering with the Korea Publishers Association to establish a system for processing and supplying published works as high-quality data for artificial intelligence (AI) training. The plan is to create a legal and transparent market for the trading of publishing data, subject to the consent of copyright holders and publishers.

FLITTO Inc. announced on the 9th that it had signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Korea Publishers Association for technical cooperation aimed at supplying high-quality publishing knowledge data and establishing a market to support national AI applications.

This agreement was established to combine the Korea Publishers Association’s capabilities in supplying publishing data with FLITTO Inc.’s data refinement and processing technologies, thereby laying the groundwork for the supply of high-quality knowledge data that can be utilized for AI training.

The two organizations will pursue the following initiatives: △exchange of technologies for the refinement, processing, structuring, and quality verification of publishing data; △establishment of a data supply system for AI training; △identification of publishing data users and promotion of transactions; and △joint participation in AI data projects led by the government and public institutions.

The KPA will serve as the data supplier, while FLITTO Inc. will handle data cleansing and quality verification

. FLITTO Inc. will support technologies for the refinement, processing, structuring, and quality verification of publishing data, and will provide the computing infrastructure and security environment necessary for secure data processing.

The KPA will serve as the data supply channel in consultation with publishers and independently operate the data collection and management system. However, the actual terms of data supply and the conclusion of individual contracts are subject to the consent of the copyright holders and publishing rights holders of the relevant works.

Based on this, both parties plan to establish a rights-holder-centered, legal, and transparent publishing data trading market and expand it into a mutually beneficial model in the future. Specific business scope, implementation procedures, and compensation will be determined through future project-specific contracts.

Joint Participation in Government and Public AI Data Projects

The two organizations also plan to use this agreement as a foundation for joint participation in AI data projects led by the government and public institutions.

As demand for high-quality knowledge data increases during the process of refining AI models, the aim is to establish a supply system that preserves the value of published works while making them available for AI training.

Lee Jeong-soo, CEO of FLITTO Inc., stated, “It is meaningful to work with the Korea Publishers Association to transform published content—a treasure trove of knowledge—into reliable AI assets,” adding, “We will contribute to building a national AI data infrastructure that enables copyright holders and the AI industry to grow together.”