OpenAI founder Altman to visit Korea for AI event, meeting with biz leaders

Openai Founder Altman To Visit Korea For Ai Event, Meeting With Biz Leaders

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman speaks during a press conference in Tokyo, Feb.3. AFP-Yonhap

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman speaks throughout a press convention in Tokyo, Feb.3. AFP-Yonhap

Sam Altman, founder and chief government officer (CEO) of U.S. synthetic intelligence (AI) firm OpenAI, will go to Korea this week for an occasion with native builders amid an intensifying world AI race, trade sources mentioned Monday.

OpenAI will maintain the „Builder Lab“ occasion in Seoul on Tuesday, bringing collectively Korean AI corporations and startups, with Altman in attendance, based on the sources.

Will probably be Altman’s third go to to Korea, following his newest journey right here in January 2024, when he toured Samsung Electronics’s manufacturing facility in Pyeongtaek, south of Seoul.

His Seoul go to is drawing shut consideration as the worldwide AI trade is present process seismic shifts, notably after the current launch of Chinese language AI startup DeepSeek’s newest fashions.

Altman is predicted to announce collaboration with Korean tech firm Kakao on Tuesday. Kakao CEO Chung Shin-a is scheduled to carry a press convention on the identical day.

Kakao launched its new built-in AI model, Kanana, final 12 months and plans to launch its service later in 2025. Trade sources predict that Kakao will combine OpenAI’s mannequin into its AI platform.

Past these occasions, Altman is predicted to fulfill with Korean enterprise leaders, together with SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won, to discover potential AI collaborations.

Altman and Chey beforehand met two occasions final 12 months.

The OpenAI CEO can be anticipated to have talks with officers from Samsung Electronics, but it surely was nonetheless not clear whether or not Altman will meet with Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Jae-yong. (Yonhap)

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