Overview

• The presidential office said the meeting is set for 6 p.m. local time at the presidential office in central Seoul to discuss AI strategy and partnership.
• Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Jae-yong and SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won will also attend, according to Yonhap.
• OpenAI established a Seoul office this year and named former Google official KyoungHoon Kim to lead the operation.
• South Korea is OpenAI’s largest market for paid ChatGPT subscriptions after the United States, according to the company.
• The visit follows Nvidia’s pledge to invest up to $100 billion in OpenAI and the White House’s Stargate announcement, while Lee’s recent talks with BlackRock produced an agreement to build AI data centers.