An event guided by employee projects
GS Caltex presented a range of workplace innovations based on artificial intelligence at the fourth Deep Transformation Day, held on Thursday at GS Tower in Seoul, according to The Korea Herald. The event was attended by Vice Chairman and CEO Hur Sae-hong, other executives and employees. The chosen format was 15 exhibition booths dedicated to projects developed by staff to improve productivity and transform company operations.
The decision to showcase internal work, rather than announce products or external partnerships, signals that the initiative is internal and experimental: the material does not indicate which projects are already in large-scale use or which are still at the prototype stage.
Training, research and automation
Among the initiatives are AI-based training tutors that use the Socratic method of questioning, applications of physical AI technologies such as drones, robots and smart helmets, and a multi-agent system designed to automate the writing of research reports. Projects on energy savings at the Yeosu refinery were also presented, along with activities to optimize catalyst procurement through data-driven decisions and plans to revise the enterprise resource planning system.
Another project concerns a collaborative system for biofuel production. External experts discussed industrial AI, humanoid robots and changes in the global economic environment, according to the source.
From concepts shared by the CEO to operational tools
One of the highlighted elements is the development of training tools inspired by the digital and AI technologies that Hur had shared internally. Employees adapted those concepts into various applications: AiQ+, which integrates 12 professional training courses in the Mobility & Marketing division, a Socratic AI tutor for young production engineers and an assistant for financial training.
The event, titled "We," emphasized employee-driven innovation and continuous improvement. Hur said that each employee's challenges and initiatives help shape the company's innovation and future and that, when individual changes are connected and spread throughout the organization, they can drive GS Caltex's growth.
Also speaking was GS Group Chairman Huh Tae-soo, according to whom business processes must be redesigned around digital technologies instead of simply adding digital tools to existing operations. Huh invited employees to use digital tools to improve collaboration, respond to change and achieve stronger business results.
What remains to be verified
The available information describes an internal showcase and does not make it possible to establish adoption timelines, measured results or the economic impact of the projects presented. The material also does not specify how many of the 15 projects are already operational, nor does it provide technical details on AiQ+, the multi-agent system or the robotic applications.
The source text also includes headlines of other news items, unrelated to the event and lacking the necessary context: they are not covered in this summary.
