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OpenAI partners with Korea’s Kakao after inking SoftBank Japanese JV


On the heels of Chinese AI firm DeepSeek making a huge splash in OpenAI's American backyard, OpenAI is diving into expanding in Asia, with major

He also took meetings with top executives at Samsung Electronics and Korean semiconductor maker SK Hynix to discuss custom-designed chips and AI-powered devices, per a local media report. Last week, OpenAI introduced Operator, an agent capable of carrying out tasks like vacation planning and restaurant reservations on the web, and the o3-mini, the latest and most cost-effective reasoning model. Separately to this, last month, OpenAI said it will team up with SoftBank and Oracle to build multiple data centers for AI in the U.S., forming a joint venture called the Stargate Project.

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