SK Telecom and Soonchunhyang University Foster Future Talent with "AI Picture Diary"

AI Education Applied to Over 4,200 Students in Gangwon and Chungcheong Regions

SK Telecom announced on the 3rd that it will provide its self-developed AI edutech solution "AI Picture Diary" for the "2026 Digital Sprout Project," jointly conducted with Soonchunhyang University, to enhance on-site education AX and foster future talents. Photo by SK Telecom.

On August 3, SK Telecom announced that it will provide its self-developed AI edutech solution, "AI Picture Diary," for the "2026 Digital Sprout Project" being carried out in partnership with Soonchunhyang University. The goal is to drive the transformation of educational settings through artificial intelligence (AX) and foster the development of future talent.

Digital Sprout is an AI and software (SW) education initiative for students, promoted by the Ministry of Education and managed exclusively by the Korea Foundation for the Advancement of Science and Creativity. Soonchunhyang University has been selected as the lead organization for this project for two consecutive years, and this year, SK Telecom is participating as a partner institution. Since May, the two organizations have been running AI and SW education programs for over 4,200 elementary, middle, and high school students in the Gangwon and Chungcheong regions.

This year, SK Telecom is integrating its proprietary literacy improvement solution "AI Picture Diary" into the curriculum. This AI edutech solution is designed to assist lower-grade elementary students and special education students with reading, writing, and expression activities.

With "AI Picture Diary," students can enter a description of their daily experiences, thoughts, or feelings in text. The generative AI analyzes the content, breaks it down into four scenes, and creates relevant images and voice narration for each scene.

This approach enables students not only to receive AI-generated outputs but also to expand on their written work by adding images and audio, allowing for repeated revisions that enhance their literacy and expressive abilities.

AI Picture Diary is also equipped with management functions to support teachers in lesson planning. Using a specialized dashboard, teachers can view students' participation, the status of picture diary submissions, and results, tailoring their instruction according to each student's progress.

In the second semester, a separate program utilizing AI Picture Diary, titled "A World of Reading and Writing with AI," will be offered for students in special education.

Koo-Young Kim, Head of Enterprise Business at SK Telecom, stated, "AI Picture Diary is an educational AX solution that helps students expand their ideas through text, images, and audio, while enabling teachers to incorporate this process into their classes." He added, "We will continue to expand edutech collaborations based on 'Warm AI' so that AI technology can support the learning and growth of more students, regardless of regional or educational disparities."

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.