Korean media reported on February 21 that Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is preparing for a meeting with this country’s President Yoon Suk Yeol and Samsung chairman Jay Y. Lee in the coming weeks.
An anonymous source from Seoul Economic Daily revealed that the content of the meeting will revolve around AI chip supply and other artificial AI issues. In addition to the meeting with the president of the country’s largest technology corporation by capitalization, Mark Zuckerberg can meet with the head of the country’s government.
If it happens, this will be the Facebook founder’s first visit to Korea since 2013. President Yoon Suk Yeol’s office confirmed that the US technology billionaire had contacted him to arrange a meeting, but did not provide any details. provide more details.
CEO Mark Zuckerberg is expected to meet with the president of Samsung Group and the president of South Korea.
Meanwhile, on February 20, leaders of the US House of Representatives said they would establish a bipartisan “task force” to handle the legal process surrounding concerns caused by AI.
Currently, the US Congress is still deadlocked, unable to pass AI-related legislation despite many high-level discussions and proposals over the past year.
According to the Chairman of the US House of Representatives, the task force, consisting of 24 members, will be tasked with drafting “bipartisan policy guidelines and proposals in consultation with committees” in Congress and becoming a “fence”. protect the nation against existing and emerging threats.
In October 2023, US President Biden signed an executive order on minimizing risks from AI. By January 2024, the Ministry of Commerce announced that US cloud computing companies must determine whether any foreign customers are accessing US data centers to train AI models.
Earlier this month, Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said 200 entities, including leading AI companies, have committed to developing new technology safely and ethically.
(Theo Reuters)