Hassabis reportedly met with Hyundai Motor Chairman Chung Eui-sun earlier in the day and later met with LG Group Chairman Koo Kwang-mo to discuss cooperation aimed at expanding partnerships in artificial intelligence (AI)-related areas.
Hassabis, who arrived in Seoul the previous day, met with President Lee Jae Myung at Cheong Wa Dae. He also signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Ministry of Science and ICT to expand cooperation including plans to open Google DeepMind's first AI center in the country later this year for joint research and collaboration with local researchers and startups.
His visit this week came for the first time in about a decade since his trip in 2016 for the best-of-five match between the U.K.-based lab's AI program AlphaGo and baduk or go champion Lee Se-dol. Managing a single win in the five-match series, Lee conceded victory to a then two-year-old AI system, contrary to hopes among many that he would decisively prove the superiority of 3,000 years of human ingenuity over a mere machine.
Hassabis is set to meet the world champion again at a forum in the capital scheduled for Wednesday.
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