{"slug": "lee-declares-vision-to-make-s-korea-leader-in-ai-supply-chain", "title": "Lee declares vision to make S. Korea leader in AI supply chain", "summary": "South Korean President Lee Jae Myung declared a vision Friday to make South Korea a trustworthy production base and supply partner for AI semiconductors, unveiling his \"San Francisco AI Declaration\" at a meeting with global tech leaders including OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang. \"South Korea will make a leap forward to become an irreplaceable, core nation in the AI supply chain,\" Lee said, citing the country's competitiveness in memory semiconductors.", "body_md": "SAN FRANCISCO — President Lee Jae Myung declared a vision Friday to make South Korea a trustworthy production base and supply partner for artificial intelligence (AI) semiconductors, vowing to lead the country into a key global player in the AI supply chain. The president made the remarks as he unveiled his \"San Francisco AI Declaration\" at a high-level meeting in the namesake city that brought together the chiefs of global tech firms and the heads of South Korean conglomerates, including Samsung Electronics Co. Chairman Lee Jae-yong and SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won. OpenAI Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman and Nvidia Corp. CEO Jensen Huang also attended the meeting. \"South Korea will make a leap forward to become an irreplaceable, core nation in the AI supply chain,\" Lee said. \"Based on the world's highest-level competitiveness and production capacity in memory semiconductors we have, (South Korea) will become a trustworthy AI chip production base and supply chain partner,\" the president said.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/lee-declares-vision-to-make-s-korea-leader-in-ai-supply-chain", "canonical_source": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/southkorea/20260725/lee-declares-vision-to-make-s-korea-leader-in-ai-supply-chain?utm_source=rss", "published_at": "2026-07-25 01:52:04+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-25 01:57:07.306936+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-policy", "ai-chips", "ai-infrastructure"], "entities": ["Lee Jae Myung", "Samsung Electronics", "SK Group", "OpenAI", "Sam Altman", "Nvidia Corp.", "Jensen Huang"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/lee-declares-vision-to-make-s-korea-leader-in-ai-supply-chain", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/lee-declares-vision-to-make-s-korea-leader-in-ai-supply-chain.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/lee-declares-vision-to-make-s-korea-leader-in-ai-supply-chain.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/lee-declares-vision-to-make-s-korea-leader-in-ai-supply-chain.jsonld"}}