Son Jeong-eui, chairman of Softbank Group, said that he not only uses ChatGPT every single day, but additionally talks with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman almost every single day.

Reuters reported on the nineteenth (local time) that Chairman Son Jeong-eui introduced himself as a “ChatGPT heavy user” to the shareholders of the subsidiary.

Based on this, Chairman Sohn introduced that he can also be very near CEO Sam Altman, who visited Japan last month. The truth is, during CEO Altman’s visit to Korea, Softbank was in control of the event.

For this reason, the connection between CEO Sam Altman and Chairman Sohn has recently been highlighted, and CEO Altman said, “We talk often.” It’s explained that Chairman Sohn may be very interested by generative artificial intelligence (AI).

The truth is, Chairman Sohn has consistently emphasized AI. Last month, he announced that he would withdraw all of China’s Alibaba’s investment to give attention to AI.

Particularly, it is anticipated that if the investment company ARM, a British semiconductor design company, succeeds in listing on Nasdaq, it is going to find a way to make up for the losses thus far.

Chairman Sohn, who disappeared from public appearances after making a conference call last November after recording large losses for 2 consecutive years, plans to return after seven months through a shareholders’ meeting to be held on the twenty first in step with the recent rise of AI.

Reporter Lim Dae-jun ydj@aitimes.com