Samsung Invites Altman to Discuss AI Management Strategy, Accelerates 'AI Driven' Push
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Samsung held a roundtable discussion on the 31st at the Samsung Human Resources Development Institute in Yongin, Gyeonggi Province, inviting Sam Altman to discuss future management strategies for the AI era with executives.
More than 50 presidents and other top executives from major affiliates, including Samsung Electronics, attended the meeting, where the direction of AI technology development, the potential for use by industry, and new markets and business opportunities were discussed.
The meeting was part of executive training for Samsung's companywide AX initiative, and Samsung is also pursuing affiliate-specific AX strategies and expanded AI training.
Samsung invited Sam Altman, OpenAI CEO, and held discussions with executives from major affiliates on future management strategies in the AI era. Through this, Samsung accelerated its companywide AI transformation (AX).
Samsung held a roundtable discussion on the 31st at the Samsung Human Resources Development Institute in Yongin, Gyeonggi Province. More than 50 presidents and other top executives from major affiliates, including Samsung Electronics, attended the meeting. The theme of the discussion was "The Next 10 Years Changed by AI, the Choice for Companies."
At the meeting, participants discussed the direction of AI technology development, the potential use of AI by industry, the formation of new AI-based markets, and AI-based business opportunities. They continued the discussion with a focus on how to respond to these changes in AI.
Participants reviewed AI's impact on corporate decision-making and on organizational operations. They also exchanged views on the executive capabilities needed in a rapidly changing business environment and on future business strategies.
The meeting was arranged as part of executive training for Samsung's companywide AX initiative. Its purpose is to deepen executives' understanding of AI-related technologies and to establish an organizational culture in which AI is used under executive leadership.
Separately, Samsung and OpenAI are expanding their business cooperation. Samsung Electronics and OpenAI signed a letter of intent (LOI) in October last year to cooperate on building global AI infrastructure.
Samsung Electronics and OpenAI are seeking to supply memory semiconductors for OpenAI's Stargate project. At the time, Samsung SDS agreed to cooperate in building AI data centers and enterprise AI services, while Samsung C&T and Samsung Heavy Industries pursued the joint development of an offshore floating data center.
Samsung and OpenAI have continued their exchanges. In July this year, Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Jae-yong visited OpenAI's headquarters in San Francisco, and the two companies are continuing to strengthen their strategic partnership.
Before the meeting, Samsung conducted hands-on generative AI training for its executives. This was additional training arranged about 4 months after the first intensive AI training session in June. In this latest training, Samsung focused on improving practical execution skills for using AI in actual management tasks.
The training included hands-on exercises in which dispersed management materials were organized using AI, personal "knowledge repositories" were built, and those repositories were used in decision-making. Through this, Samsung aimed to strengthen practical application skills beyond simply understanding AI technology.
Samsung has been pursuing an "AI transformation" since June. The "AI transformation" covers all business areas, including research and development (R&D), production, marketing, and support functions, and it is based on the strategy of improving work productivity and strengthening business competitiveness through AI use. It is also expanding the scope of AI application beyond products and services to overall corporate operations.
Samsung is preparing AI utilization plans tailored to the business characteristics and work environments of each affiliate, while also pursuing expanded infrastructure and training to promote AI use among employees. This is based on a plan to start with executives' understanding and use of AI and extend that to improved AI capabilities across all employees.
Training will proceed with executive education as the starting point, and AI training for about 2,300 executives is also being pursued. Samsung plans to then expand AI training to general employees and complete AI education for all employees by February 2027.
Samsung plans to establish dedicated AI teams at each affiliate and support the development of AX strategies suited to each company's business characteristics. It also plans to support the operation and use of data and AI models, expand the use of external generative AI services in work, and build an AI-centered work environment.
Looking ahead, Samsung plans to take preemptive action in response to developments in AI technology and changes in the industrial environment while continuing to review AX implementation results and execution tasks by affiliate. Through this, it aims to establish an "AI Driven" management system.
Source: TECHWORLD · Park Kyu-chan
Original: https://www.epnc.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=409050
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