Samsung Electronics has opened the Samsung AI Forum 2025, an event that brings together scholars and industry professionals to discuss advances in artificial intelligence. The forum, now in its ninth year, runs from September 15 to 16.
“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. “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.”
Keynote speakers at the event include Yoshua Bengio, Professor at the University of Montreal, known for his work in deep learning, and Stefano Ermon, Professor at Stanford University and Co-founder of Inception. Ermon has contributed to diffusion-based language models.
The first day was hosted by Samsung’s Device Solutions Division near its semiconductor site in Yongin, Korea. The focus was on "Vertical AI Strategies and Vision for the Semiconductor Industry." Professor Bengio addressed risks associated with current AI models such as their potential to bypass human control or be misused. He introduced Scientist AI, which he described as a model designed for factual accuracy. “Unlike models built to mimic or please humans, Scientist AI focuses on providing truthful answers grounded in verified facts and data,” said Professor Bengio.
Amit Gupta from Siemens EDA discussed integrating AI into electronic design automation tools. He highlighted the need for end-to-end systems covering the full workflow.
Technical sessions included presentations from Yong Ho Song of Samsung’s DS Division; Seokhyung Kang of POSTECH; and Il-Chul Moon of KAIST. They discussed recent research in using AI for semiconductor design and manufacturing. “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 recognized three winners of the Samsung AI Researcher of the Year award: Nicolas Papernot (University of Toronto), Rose Yu (University of California San Diego), and Lerrel Pinto (New York University). Each presented their latest research.
Day two will be held online by Samsung’s Device eXperience Division under the theme “Generative to Agentic AI.” It will be streamed live on YouTube.
“Generative AI has already become an essential tool across daily life and industries,” said Paul (Kyungwhoon) Cheun, CTO of DX Division at Samsung Electronics. “As we enter the era of Agentic AI, Samsung will continue to focus on developing AI technologies that provide users with tangible benefits.”
Speakers include Joseph E. Gonzalez (UC Berkeley), Subbarao Kambhampati (Arizona State University), and Stefano Ermon (Stanford). Gonzalez will present research on improving agentic capabilities in large language models through a sleep-time compute paradigm that allows agents to learn during idle periods. Kambhampati will discuss large reasoning models aimed at addressing limits found in current language models related to factual accuracy and complex reasoning. Ermon will introduce diffusion language models for improved text generation efficiency.
Samsung Research representatives are also set to present new developments involving intelligent systems capable of autonomous decision-making.