Samsung Leaders Meet OpenAI’s Altman to Discuss AI Strategy

Samsung said about 50 senior executives from its electronics, finance and biotechnology affiliates met OpenAI Chief Executive Sam Altman in Yongin on Saturday to discuss artificial intelligence’s business implications and potential opportunities. The meeting focused on AI’s direction and applications, along with how it could change corporate decision-making and management. The executives met at a Samsung training center in Yongin, south of Seoul. Samsung said the discussion also covered the leadership capabilities businesses may need as AI changes the corporate environment. The company did not publish Altman’s remarks from the session, and the meeting did not result in an announced new memory-supply agreement. Before meeting Altman, the executives took part in hands-on generative AI training, according to Samsung. The company described it as their second intensive session, following one in June. The exercises included organizing business information into knowledge resources and using AI to support management decisions. Samsung said the meeting was part of its broader effort to expand AI use across its businesses. It has trained about 2,300 executives since June and aims to...