Samsung Chief Lee Jae-yong Meets OpenAI CEO Sam Altman at Headquarters

Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Jae-yong and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman met at OpenAI's headquarters in San Francisco to discuss cooperation in the fields of artificial intelligence and semiconductors.

OpenAI announced that Chairman Lee and CEO Altman met at the San Francisco headquarters on the morning of the 25th (local time).

While OpenAI did not disclose the specific details or agenda of the discussion, it is observed that the two sides discussed ways to expand cooperation in AI infrastructure fields such as high-bandwidth memory (HBM), DRAM, and advanced foundry services.

Possibilities of discussing an AI transformation plan to apply generative AI across Samsung Electronics' operations were also raised.

Samsung Electronics is one of OpenAI's largest global corporate customers and has decided to introduce ChatGPT and the AI coding tool Codex to all employees.

Samsung Electronics and OpenAI signed a strategic partnership in October of last year and have pursued cooperation to expand the production of advanced memory semiconductors and build next-generation AI infrastructure.

OpenAI evaluates the cooperative framework established with the South Korean government, Samsung Electronics, and SK Hynix as its first country-level strategic partnership announced in the Asia-Pacific region.

Prior to his meeting with Chairman Lee, CEO Altman met with President Lee Jae-myung on the 24th and also attended the San Francisco AI Summit.

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