SEOUL (Reuters) -OpenAI Chief Executive Sam Altman on Wednesday plans to meet with South Korean President Lee Jae Myung, who seeks to boost Asia’s fourth-biggest economy through a policy of boosting investment in artificial intelligence, the presidential office has said.

The meeting will take place at the presidential office in center Seoul at 6 p.m. (0900 GMT), the office said.

OpenAI this year set up its first office in Seoul and appointed former Google official KyoungHoon Kim to lead the operation, as demand in the country jumps for its ChatGPT service.

South Korea has the largest number of paying ChatGPT subscribers after the United States, according to OpenAI.

During his visit to Seoul, Altman is also expected to meet with leaders of South Korea’s chipmakers – Samsung Electronics

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