Meta CEO talks mixed reality devices, AI with LG in South Korea

Meta Platforms (META.O), opens new tab CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Wednesday met LG Electronics (066570.KS), opens new tab executives to debate a stronger partnership in prolonged actuality (XR) gadgets in addition to potential cooperation in synthetic intelligence (AI), LG mentioned.

Zuckerberg arrived in South Korea late on Tuesday and is broadly anticipated to carry talks on AI and meet with President Yoon Suk Yeol and heads of the nation’s know-how powerhouses.

He held discussions with LG Electronics CEO William Cho and mum or dad firm LG Corp (003550.KS), opens new tab COO Kwon Bong-seok about enterprise technique associated to next-generation XR gadget improvement, LG Electronics mentioned in a press release.

Cho additionally expressed curiosity in Meta’s massive language model-based AI know-how and mentioned doable on-device AI cooperation, his firm mentioned. Cho has beforehand mentioned LG Electronics is on the lookout for alternatives in XR.

Meta launched its newest mixed-reality headset, Quest 3, in June earlier than rival Apple (AAPL.O) ramped up competitors this month with its Imaginative and prescient Professional gadget.

It has additionally been intensifying AI efforts this yr together with plans for a customized chip and including AI capabilities to merchandise.

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Zuckerberg is on his first identified go to to South Korea in about 10 years. It comes as a part of a tour of Asian international locations that features Japan and India, South Korean media reported.

He met Samsung Electronics (005930.KS) Chairman Jay Y. Lee later within the night for a dinner at Seungjiwon, a high-end Korean restaurant in Seoul, in line with native media.

He was attributable to meet President Yoon on Thursday.

Zuckerberg is broadly anticipated to debate AI chip provide and increasing ecosystems for generative AI throughout his South Korea go to, as Meta seeks to get generative AI know-how into its core social media merchandise and {hardware} gadgets this yr.

Meta plans to deploy into its information centres this yr a brand new model of a customized chip geared toward supporting its AI push, Reuters reported this month. It additionally plans to safe about 350,000 H100 graphics processing items from main AI chipmaker Nvidia (NVDA.O) by end-year to help the push.