Sovereign AI Strategy: Korean IT Giants Choose Between Self-Reliance and Collaboration
Korea's leading IT companies are unveiling distinct strategic approaches in response to the Lee Jae-myung government's core national strategy of 'Sovereign AI,' with Samsung Electronics and KT pursuing collaboration while LG and Naver emphasize independent development. Samsung Electronics' Collaboration-Centered Strategy Samsung Electronics has positioned collaboration with global big tech companies as the core axis of sovereign AI construction. Samsung is expanding Galaxy AI services through partnerships with Google and Microsoft while developing its own AI technology. A Samsung Electronics representative explained that "sovereign AI does not mean a closed concept but rather securing national-level AI competitiveness," adding that "more rapid and effective AI ecosystem construction is possible through global cooperation." Samsung particularly emplo...