National Institute of Korean Language Names AI Writing-Grade Contest Winners
The institute awarded the top honor to ING Team's AES v2 even though Gachon-ISNLP's model scored highest in the finals' expert comparison round.
The National Institute of Korean Language held an awards ceremony for its 2026 AI writing-evaluation contest and announced the final results, according to techm.kr. The competition pitted AI models against each other on how accurately they could grade Korean-language writing.
In the preliminary round, 53 qualifying teams were scored on how closely their AI judgments matched those of human graders. ING Team's AES v2 finished first with an overall score of 0.977.
The top 50 models advanced to the finals, where the evaluation method switched to expert comparative assessment. Thirty experts carried out 7,500 comparison evaluations.
Gachon-ISNLP Team's e5_qwen_8seed took first place in the finals with 1,222 points. ING Team's AES v2, the preliminary leader, placed third in the finals with 1,200 points.
The grand prize ultimately went to ING Team. The institute said it plans to further analyze the detailed results of the expert evaluations.
Earlier rounds
The finals ran from the 1st to the 23rd of last month. In the preliminary round, ING Team's AES v2 scored 0.977 for first place and Gachon-ISNLP Team's e5_qwen_8seed was second with 0.969. The team 'Malhajima Pyeonggahae' took sixth with model 3.
Quick answers
Who won the grand prize at the 2026 AI writing-evaluation contest?
ING Team received the grand prize, even though its AES v2 placed third in the finals with 1,200 points.
Which model topped the finals?
Gachon-ISNLP Team's e5_qwen_8seed ranked first in the finals with 1,222 points.
How were the models evaluated?
The preliminary round compared AI scoring with human scoring, while the finals used expert comparative assessment by 30 experts across 7,500 evaluations.