Altman eyes Korea as testbed for OpenAI’s first device

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman told President Lee Jae Myung that the company hopes to use Korea as a testbed for its first hardware product, the presidential office said Tuesday. The two met in San Francisco on Friday to discuss expanding cooperation, including on next-generation AI devices. Senior presidential spokesperson Kang Yu-jung said Altman "expressed expectations for using Korea as a testbed" for the device, which is due in the first quarter of next year, and signaled a willingness to broaden th