Chey Tae-won: "Every Citizen Should Have an AI Agent... Making Korea an AI-Native Nation"

Attending the San Francisco AI Summit in the United States
"Korea Will Become the Testbed for AI"

Chey Tae-won, Chairman of SK Group, stated, "Our goal should be for every citizen to have at least one artificial intelligence (AI) agent. If that happens, Korea will become a testbed for AI experimentation on a global scale."

SK Chairman Tae-won Chey is speaking at the "San Francisco AI Summit" held at The Midway in San Francisco, USA, on the 24th (local time), with President Jae-myung Lee in attendance. Photo by Yonhap News

On the 24th (local time), at the San Francisco AI Summit held in San Francisco, Chey said, "We need to transform Korea into an AI-native country. As the President mentioned, we need AI for everyone and physical AI."

He continued, "Whenever there are new technologies or apps, companies and the market in Korea will provide the opportunity to test them directly and actively," emphasizing, "Through continuous research and development (R&D), we will provide even more opportunities."

Chey also highlighted the need to reduce the costs associated with AI.

He suggested, "Currently, the costs of AI are excessively high. We must use every method available to lower these costs, so that people all around the world can benefit from AI."

He went on to explain, "Korea should manufacture more memory chips and establish more AI data centers so they can be incorporated into global infrastructure. We need to become a hub for AI data centers connecting the United States, Europe, and Asia. These efforts will contribute to reducing AI costs."

Additionally, Chey stressed the importance of minimizing the negative side effects of AI, stating, "We need to establish strong AI governance, and we must create more jobs than those eliminated by AI. We must also protect the environment while preventing harm."

Chey added, "AI is only just beginning," and expressed hope that, "In the future, we will see far more limitless development, and by preparing for a more mature stage of growth, Korea and the United States can join forces to build a better AI infrastructure and ecosystem."

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.