SK Group Chairman Aims for One AI Agent per South Korean
SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won announced a vision at the San Francisco AI Summit to provide every South Korean with at least one AI agent. He proposed establishing South Korea as a global AI testbed and infrastructure hub to lower AI costs worldwide. As SK Group controls SK Hynix, a critical supplier of High Bandwidth Memory (HBM) for AI chips, this strategy underscores South Korea's ambition to lead the global AI hardware and infrastructure supply chain. Chey emphasized the need for "physical AI" and "AI-native" development, calling for increased memory chip production and new data centers. He also stressed the importance of minimizing AI's environmental impact and ensuring job creation outweighs displacement.
## BACKGROUND
An AI agent is an autonomous software system powered by large language models that can plan and execute tasks to achieve specific goals. Physical AI refers to artificial intelligence integrated with physical hardware, such as robotics and sensors, allowing machines to interact directly with the real-world environment.