Meta chief Mark Zuckerberg met South Korea’s President Yoon Suk Yeol in Seoul Thursday and discussed cooperation on AI and ways to prevent fake news circulation. The meeting took place ahead of key elections, and Yoon’s office confirmed the discussions. Zuckerberg is currently on a tour of Asia, having already visited Japan and South Korea. He is set to visit India next. During his visit to Seoul, Zuckerberg met with business leaders from Samsung and LG. The discussions with Yoon focused on cooperation between South Korean companies and Meta, as well as the vision to create an AI digital ecosystem. Yoon emphasized South Korean companies’ leading position in the memory market for AI systems and sought close cooperation with Meta. He also highlighted South Korea’s potential as a platform for applying Meta’s artificial intelligence. Yoon assured Zuckerberg of Seoul’s assistance if necessary, particularly in monitoring and preventing fake news on the platform. Zuckerberg also met with the CEO of LG Electronics to discuss extended reality (XR) projects and explored potential collaborations with Samsung Electronics. The visit to Seoul also included meetings with representatives from AI and XR startups. The rapid development of generative artificial intelligence has been recognized as potentially revolutionary, but not without risks. Meta, along with other major tech firms, has pledged to crack down on AI content intended to deceive voters ahead of elections. Zuckerberg is expected to leave Seoul for India, where he will attend pre-wedding celebrations of the son of Mukesh Ambani, chairman of Indian oil-to-telecoms giant Reliance. The visit to India is significant given the investments made by Meta, Google, and others in Reliance’s digital unit Jio Platforms. For more information, you can visit www.ibtimes.com.
