Kakao Unveils 'ChatGPT for Kakao', Ushering in an Era of Everyday AI

KakaoTalk Ushers in an Era of AI Innovation: Providing a Seamless End-to-End Experience in Daily Life with ChatGPT and its Own AI Kakao is successively introducing innovative AI features to the nation's messenger, KakaoTalk, elevating the user experience to a new level. Not only is 'ChatGPT,' the epitome of conversational AI, directly embedded into KakaoTalk, but through Kakao's self-developed AI, 'Kanana,' it is also heralding an era of proactive AI. **ChatGPT for Kakao: An AI Assistant Infused into Daily Life Through Collaboration with OpenAI** Kakao has launched 'ChatGPT for Kakao' in collaboration with OpenAI, enabling KakaoTalk users to access ChatGPT with a single button at the top of the chat tab, without needing to install a separate app. This is the result of combining the familiarity of the Kakao platform with OpenAI's latest technology, boasting seamless usability, such as instantly asking questions during a conversation and directly sharing answers in the chatroom. Users can log in with an existing OpenAI account or easily sign up with a Kakao account, and usage limits are applied for free users. The core of 'ChatGPT for Kakao' is **'Kakao Tools'**. This AI agent is integrated with Kakao's vast services such as Kakao Map, KakaoTalk Reservation, Gift하기 (Gifting), and Melon, providing a 'complete experience' that goes beyond simple information retrieval and leads to actual actions. For example, if you ask "Where can I find croffles near Hapjeong Station?", Kakao Tools will call up Kakao Map to show you the location and further connect you to making a reservation or purchasing a gift. Yoo Yong-ha, Kakao's AI Agent Platform Performance Leader, emphasized that this will significantly increase AI utilization and fully usher in an 'Everyday AI Era' where AI becomes 'a part of daily life' rather than just 'technology'. Prioritizing user data sovereignty, Kakao is taking full precautions for personal information protection by allowing users to directly choose whether to save conversation content and reflect it in AI learning. **Kanana in KakaoTalk: Initiating Proactive Communication with the Self-Developed AI 'Kanana Nano'** Kakao does not stop here; it is conducting a beta test of 'Kanana in KakaoTalk', utilizing its self-developed on-device AI model **'Kanana Nano'**. 'Kanana Nano' is a lightweight model that has proven performance superior to global models in Korean language benchmarks, and operates directly on the device, ensuring a high level of privacy and security. 'Kanana in KakaoTalk' understands KakaoTalk conversations and grasps the user's situation and context, providing proactive services such as 'Sent-first Briefing' where the AI sends a message first. Kakao plans to officially launch the service after expanding it to Android in Q1 next year, and is enhancing service completeness by actively incorporating feedback from 'Kakao AI Ambassadors'. In the future, it plans to gradually expand the scope of 'Sent-first Briefing' and diversify content through collaboration with external partners, as well as increasing the development and integration of specialized agents that provide high-quality answers. Through this two-track strategy of collaboration with ChatGPT and self-developed AI technology, Kakao is evolving KakaoTalk beyond a simple messenger into a true 'AI assistant platform' where AI accompanies every moment of life.