Science & Tech · Big Tech & Internet · 57 mins ago
SK Telecom lets the public test working with AI in escape-room challenge
At T Factory Seongsu in Seoul, SK Telecom opened its AI work challenge to the public for a two-day event starting November 13.
Participants took on a simulated pop-up market task, reviewing applications, arranging stalls and checking the site.
They chose which tasks to do themselves and which to give AI agents, and had to select and instruct the tools.
The challenge adapted AI training for company staff into an escape-room-style activity that did not require coding knowledge.
More than 4,000 employees have built AI agents, and 1,500 are used regularly inside the company.
SK Telecom says it has begun its AX Innovation 2.0 push to assign AI agents real work, with employee IDs to manage their roles and permissions.
SK Telecom opened its second AX Challenge to the public, letting participants try working with AI in an escape-room-style exercise.
The two-day event began on November 13 at T Factory Seongsu in Seoul’s Seongdong District.
Participants prepared a fictional pop-up market by reviewing vendor applications, arranging booths and inspecting the site.
They decided which tasks to handle themselves and which to give to AI agents, without needing coding skills.
SK Telecom said more than 4,000 employees have created AI agents, and 1,500 agents are regularly used within the company.
- Who
- SK Telecom organized the challenge for members of the public.
- What
- Participants took part in an escape-room-style exercise to experience dividing work between people and AI.
- When
- It began on November 13 and ran for two days.
- Where
- T Factory Seongsu in Seoul’s Seongdong District.
- Why
- SK Telecom said it wanted the public to experience how people and AI can share work.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
SK Telecom held its first AX Challenge for company members, with 115 participants in 54 teams.
CEO Jeong Jae-heon presented the direction for AX Innovation 2.0.
The second SK Telecom AX Challenge began at T Factory Seongsu in Seoul.
Members of the public took part in the two-day challenge.
- Event
- Second SK Telecom AX Challenge
- Location
- T Factory Seongsu, Seongdong District, Seoul
- Duration
- Two days, beginning November 13
- First challenge
- 115 participants in 54 teams
- AI agents created by employees
- More than 4,000
- AI agents regularly used inside SK Telecom
- 1,500
What people are saying
We are already working with AI, and now what matters is what we entrust to AI and what role people play.
The experience of dividing what to entrust to AI and what people should judge was very similar to actual work.