President Yoon Seok-yeol and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg met and exchanged opinions on artificial intelligence (AI), Metaverse, and the issue of pretend news through social media.

The President's Office announced on the twenty ninth that CEO Zuckerberg met privately for about half-hour on the President's Office in Yongsan and discussed Meta's important business and its contact points with the domestic industry.

President Yoon is understood to have emphasized that the domestic industry could be a superb partner to support and expand Meta's business. He reportedly cited the semiconductor industry and the existence of assorted platforms for example.

Additionally it is known that Meta has been asked to play an lively role in fake news and manipulation using AI, which have recently emerged as global problems.

Accordingly, CEO Zuckerberg reportedly made a press release to the effect that domestic semiconductors could possibly be of great help.

Meanwhile, CEO Zuckerberg met with LG Electronics CEO Jo Joo-wan and Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Jae-yong one after the other the day before and discussed joint prolonged reality (XR) headset projects and cooperation within the AI ​​field.

Reporter Lim Da-jun ydj@aitimes.com