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The latest AI and developer news from Kakao, with short summaries.
Visit website →PickKakao Releases Open-Source 3B Multimodal Decision-Making Model 'Kanana-2-v-decide'
Kakao has released the 3B-scale multimodal decision-making model Kanana-2-v-decide as open source.
Commerce Claim Index CDC Migration Reduces Absolute Latency from 14.3s to 0.8s
The migration was verified by confirming zero field mismatches in a full reconciliation conducted 7 days prior.
PickKakao Recommendation Team Unifies AI Analysis Standards with Data Catalog and Analyst Persona
The Kakao Recommendation Team applied Data Catalog and Analyst Persona to unify AI analysis standards.
Kakao KIMS Achieves 90%+ International MO Conversion Rate with Two-Phase MO Architecture
The previously unobservable international MO segment was converted to a pre-allocation, post-observation structure, securing a conversion rate in the 90% range.
Kakao AI Sail Summit 26 Key Session VODs Released
Kakao has released the VODs of key sessions from AI Sail Summit 26, held in Busan on September 29.
PickKakao Releases Kanana-2-vision-encoder, Open-Sourcing Medium and Tiny Weights
Kanana-2-vision-encoder recorded the global highest scores in 8 out of 9 domains.
Kakao to Provide Online Live Streaming for if(kakao)26
All sessions of if(kakao)26, held on October 13–14, will be available for online viewing by anyone.
PickBuilding a Data Analysis Agent: Context Engineering Design Principles
Prevent unnecessary context accumulation and improve exploration efficiency through progressive disclosure and sub-agent utilization
PickKakao Improves Valid Play Rate by 20% with MoE-Based Personalized Ranking Model Using GDCN
Kakao introduced a personalized ranking model combining GDCN and MoE, improving the valid play rate by 20%.
Kakao Introduces Keyword Networking and After Sessions at if(kakao)26
Kakao has introduced interest-based networking and deep-dive speaker dialogue programs at if(kakao)26.
Kakao Data Services Releases 'AirZone', a PR-Based Personalized Airflow Testing Environment
Automatically provisions an isolated Airflow environment within 5 minutes upon PR creation, supporting Jupyter and VS Code for Web.
PickKakao Enhances Kanana-o with LM-SPT for Efficient, Style-Controllable Voice Generation
Kakao integrated LM-SPT into Kanana-o, improving voice efficiency and style control, achieving 94.50 on the Korean InstructTTSEval benchmark, close to Gemini-2.5-flash-preview-tts's 95.38.
Kakao and Samsung Host First Joint Hackathon to Solve AI Livelihood Issues
Kakao and Samsung Electronics held a joint hackathon to solve AI livelihood issues as the first collaboration between their digital talent development programs.
Kakao Reveals Case Study on Automating KakaoTalk Recommendation Metrics Analysis on Hadoop Using AI Agents
Automated analysis procedures by integrating skills and context documents into the existing Hadoop environment without a new platform.
A Non-Developer's Guide to Using AI Agents: From Data Storage to Workflow Standardization
This article details the process of using Google Sheets as a database and defining repetitive tasks as skills to delegate to AI agents.
Kakao Concludes 'MCP Player 10' Competition; Winning Entries Officially Registered on PlayMCP
Ten winning MCP servers have been officially registered on PlayMCP, and Kakao has announced the second competition, 'Agentic Player 10,' for June.
Kakao Automates Messaging Server Stress Testing with AI to Reduce Repetitive Work Time
We automated the entire stress testing process, from build to report generation, using Claude Code and Codex.
Kakao Unveils Serving Optimization for Kanana-O Voice AI with OpenAI API Compatibility and Process Isolation
Supports real-time conversation and high-quality TTS simultaneously through OpenAI API compatibility and a process isolation architecture.
KakaoTalk Booking: Developing a Graph DFS-Based Time Block Calendar
An algorithm was applied to optimize the width and position of booking blocks by calculating the maximum distance between nodes using DFS.
Kakao Hosts 'Kanana Scholar' Seminar with Academia to Discuss 11T Token Training Efficiency and Industry-Academia Collaboration
The Kanana model achieved superior performance with 11T tokens, half the amount of global targets, and Kakao is reviewing industry-academia collaborations including GPU resource support.