Hyundai Motor Company blocks use of external AI by some R&D organizations... “Reexamination of security”

(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Hong Gyu-bin = It has been reported that Hyundai Motor Company has blocked some research and development (R&D) organizations from using external artificial intelligence (AI) services.

According to the industry on the 3rd, Hyundai Motor Company has been blocking the use of external AI through its in-house system for some R&D organizations handling national core technologies such as autonomous driving and robotics since the end of last month.

It was possible to use AI services such as ChatGPT and Claude through the in-house generated AI platform 'H Chat', but this route was blocked. Direct access to external AI services was previously blocked.

This measure is interpreted as a measure that takes into account the increased need for information security due to a series of recent hacking incidents, especially in the financial sector.

However, it has been reported that some models that can be installed and operated directly on the in-house infrastructure, including the Google AI model 'Gemma', can continue to be used.

A Hyundai Motors official said, "We suspended use to reexamine the national core technology organization's AI utilization plan and security," and added, "Whether to resume is under internal review and has not been decided."