Samsung AI Forum 2025: Exploring the Future of AI in Technology and Industry

Samsung Electronics Opens Samsung AI Forum 2025

Presentations by leading global AI scholars and Samsung's latest research activities Samsung Electronics today announced the opening of Samsung AI Forum 2025, taking place from Sept. 15-16. Now in its ninth year, the forum serves as a global venue where leading scholars and industry experts gather to share the latest breakthroughs in AI and explore future research directions. "Samsung is applying AI across our operations to develop foundational technologies that make AI more intuitive and seamless," said Young Hyun Jun, Vice Chairman and CEO of Samsung Electronics, in his opening remarks. "This year's Samsung AI Forum brings together leading experts from industry and academia to discuss how AI is transforming society and industry, and to share insights in what we expect will be a meaningful exchange of ideas." This year's forum features keynote lectures from world-renowned AI scholars; including Yoshua Bengio, Professor at the University of Montreal and a pioneer in deep learning; as well as Stefano Ermon, Professor at Stanford University and Co-founder of the startup Inception, who spearheaded the development of diffusion-based language model (DLM). Samsung's Device Solutions (DS) Division hosted the first day of the forum under the theme "Vertical AI Strategies and Vision for the Semiconductor Industry," near Samsung's semiconductor site in Yongin, Korea. Professor Bengio delivered a keynote address outlining the far-reaching risks of today's AI models, including their ability to bypass human control and the potential for misuse. As a safeguard, he introduced Scientist AI, a new model designed to help mitigate such concerns. "Unlike models built to mimic or please humans, Scientist AI focuses on providing truthful answers grounded in verified facts and data," said Professor Bengio, highlighting the model's potential to enhance AI safety and accelerate scientific discovery. He also shared his latest research findings on AI for materials development in the keynote. Amit Gupta, Senior Vice President of Siemens EDA, led a session titled, "The Future of AI-Driven Electronic Design." During his presentation, he emphasized the importance of integrating AI into electronic design automation (EDA) tools and noted that end-to-end systems spanning the entire workflow will be key to unlocking AI's full potential. Technical sessions featuring Yong Ho Song, Executive Vice President and Head of the DS Division's AI Center, Professor Seokhyung Kang of Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH) and Professor Il-Chul Moon of Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) followed. Each speaker shared recent research developments in AI applications for semiconductor design and manufacturing, while also offering perspectives on how the field is evolving. "AI is already an essential tool in chip design and software development," said EVP Song. "As semiconductor manufacturing grows more complex, we expect AI to help address the technical challenges that arise." The forum also recognized three winners of the Samsung AI Researcher of the Year award: Professor Nicolas Papernot of the University of Toronto, Professor Rose Yu of the University of California San Diego and Professor Lerrel Pinto of New York University. All the award recipients were invited to present their work and share insights from their latest research. Day two of the forum will be held online by Samsung's Device eXperience (DX) Division and streamed live on Samsung Developer's YouTube channel under the theme "Generative to Agentic AI." "Generative AI has already become an essential tool across daily life and industries," said Paul (Kyungwhoon) Cheun, CTO of the DX Division at Samsung Electronics and Head of Samsung Research. "As we enter the era of Agentic AI, Samsung will continue to focus on developing AI technologies that provide users with tangible benefits." The second day includes keynote speeches from Joseph E. Gonzalez, Professor at UC Berkeley and a leading researcher in language models and AI agents; Subbarao Kambhampati, Professor at Arizona State University and a world authority in AI planning and decision-making; and Stefano Ermon, Professor at Stanford University and Co-founder of Inception. Professor Gonzalez will present his research on enhancing the agentic capabilities of large language model (LLM)-based systems. In particular, he will introduce the sleep-time compute paradigm, which enables agents to use idle interaction intervals to reason, learn and plan. Professor Kambhampati will share his research on large reasoning models (LRMs) aimed at addressing the limitations of LLMs. He will point out that while current models excel at text generation, they remain limited in factual accuracy, planning and complex reasoning -- highlighting key challenges such as ensuring answer guarantees, enabling context-adaptive computation, and providing interpretations of intermediate reasoning steps. Professor Ermon will introduce diffusion language model, which applies diffusion models -- widely used for image, video, and audio generation -- into the language domain. This approach aims to overcome the limitations of traditional sequential text generation methods and propose a more efficient paradigm for language models. In the technical sessions, Samsung Research representatives will present their latest developments, including:

Samsung explores future of AI during annual forum - The Korea Times

Samsung Electronics discussed the future of artificial intelligence (AI) at its annual academic forum, where it hosted renowned scholars and technology leaders in deep learning and language processing, the company said Monday. The two-day Samsung AI Forum 2025 runs until Tuesday. Now in its ninth year, it brings together global scholars and industry experts to share the latest insights into AI technology and explore future research directions. Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Jun Young-hyun underscored the firm's unwavering commitment to advancing its AI technologies across its diverse business areas. "Samsung is applying AI across our operations to develop foundational technologies that make AI more intuitive and seamless," he said in his opening remarks for the event. "This year's Samsung AI Forum brings together leading experts from industry and academia to discuss how AI is transforming society and industry, and to share insights in what we expect will be a meaningful exchange of ideas." Invited speakers for the forum included Yoshua Bengio, a computer science professor at the University of Montreal. He is best known as one of the world's most renowned deep learning pioneers. Joseph Gonzalez, a professor at the University of California, Berkeley, will also deliver a keynote speech for this year's forum. He is an expert in large language models and agentic AI systems. Under the event's main theme -- Vertical AI Strategies and Vision for the Semiconductor Industry -- Samsung Electronics' Device Solutions division hosted the first day of the forum at its education facility in Yongin, Gyeonggi Province. Bengio raised concerns about the far-reaching risks of modern AI models amid growing fears that AI could bypass human control. He introduced a new model, called Scientist AI, as a potential safeguard against such risks. "Unlike models built to mimic or please humans, Scientist AI focuses on providing truthful answers grounded in verified facts and data," he said. Amit Gupta, senior vice president at Siemens EDA, also underscored the significance of integrating AI into electronic design automation tools during his presentation. He said end-to-end systems that operate during the entire workflow will be key to unlocking the full potential of AI. The second day of the forum will also be held online under the theme: From Generative to Agentic AI. Agentic AI refers to AI systems capable of autonomous decision-making and task execution. Cheun Kyung-whoon, chief technology officer at Samsung Electronics' Device Experience division and head of Samsung Research, said generative AI has already become an essential tool in people's daily lives and in many industries. "As we enter the era of Agentic AI, Samsung will continue to focus on developing AI technologies that provide users with tangible benefits," he said. Speakers for the event's second day include Subbarao Kambhampati, professor at Arizona State University and an expert in AI planning and decision-making. Stanford University professor Stefano Ermon will also deliver a keynote speech.