Lee declares vision to make Korea leader in AI supply chain

SAN FRANCISCO — President Lee Jae Myung declared a vision Friday to make Korea a trustworthy production base and supply partner for artificial intelligence (AI) semiconductors, vowing to lead the country into a key global player in the AI supply chain.

The president made the remarks as he unveiled his "San Francisco AI Declaration" at a high-level meeting in the namesake city that brought together the chiefs of global tech firms and the heads of South Korean conglomerates, including Samsung Electronics Executive Chairman Lee Jae-yong and SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won.

OpenAI Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman and Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang also attended the meeting.

"South Korea will make a leap forward to become an irreplaceable, core nation in the AI supply chain," Lee said.

"Based on the world's highest-level competitiveness and production capacity in memory semiconductors we have, (Korea) will become a trustworthy AI chip production base and supply chain partner," the president said.

The declaration came as Seoul seeks to provide further momentum after growing global demand for semico ...