Mark Zuckerberg, the CEO of Meta Platforms, met with LG Electronics executives to discuss a potential partnership in extended reality (XR) devices and cooperation in artificial intelligence (AI). During his visit to South Korea, Zuckerberg also held talks on AI and is expected to meet with President Yoon Suk Yeol and heads of the country’s technology powerhouses. The discussions with LG Electronics CEO William Cho and parent company LG Corp COO Kwon Bong-seok focused on business strategy related to next-generation XR device development, according to a statement by LG Electronics.
Cho expressed interest in Meta’s large language model-based AI technology and discussed possible on-device AI cooperation. He has previously stated that LG Electronics is looking for opportunities in XR. Meta recently launched its latest mixed-reality headset, Quest 3, and is intensifying its AI efforts this year, including plans for a custom chip and adding AI functions to products. Zuckerberg is expected to discuss AI chip supply and expanding ecosystems for generative AI during his South Korea visit, as Meta seeks to incorporate generative AI technology into its core social media products and hardware devices this year.
According to a government source, Zuckerberg was also scheduled to meet with Samsung Electronics Chairman Jay Y. Lee. Reuters reported that Meta plans to deploy a new version of a custom chip in its data centers this year to support its AI push. Additionally, the company plans to secure approximately 350,000 H100 graphics processing units from leading AI chipmaker Nvidia by the end of the year to support its push.