Sam Altman gifts keyboard to Samsung AI center head
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman gifted a micro keyboard engraved with the company's AI coding tool 'Codex' to Song Yong-ho, head of Samsung Electronics' AI Center, at the Samsung Human Resources Development Center in Yongin, Gyeonggi Province on July 31. Altman's visit was part of the 'Executives' Roundtable with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman' held at the center the same day.
Some 50 executives from key Samsung affiliates in the electronics, finance, and biotech sectors attended the roundtable, held under the theme 'The Next Decade Transformed by AI: Corporate Choices.' Key attendees included Jun Young-hyun, head of Samsung Electronics' DS Division; Roh Tae-moon, head of the DX Division; AI Center head Song Yong-ho; Samsung SDI CEO Choi Joo-sun; and Samsung Electro-Mechanics CEO Jang Duck-hyun. At the roundtable, Altman said, "Competitive advantage hinges on how you leverage AI to move faster and build better products."
Samsung Electronics and OpenAI signed a letter of intent (LOI) on global AI infrastructure cooperation last October and have been pursuing memory semiconductor supply for 'Stargate.' Samsung SDS is working on building AI data centers and enterprise AI services, while Samsung C&T and Samsung Heavy Industries are pursuing the joint development of offshore floating data centers.
Altman was accompanied on the visit by Richard Ho, Vice President of Hardware; Kieran Mani, Head of Asia-Pacific and Japan; Andreas Hartl, Vice President of Sales for Asia-Pacific and Japan; and Chief People Officer Arvind KC.
