By Choonsik Yoo ( September 9, 2026, 07:13 GMT | Insight) -- South Korea remains one of ChatGPT’s fastest-growing markets, with OpenAI working to bring "inference residency" to the country by securing sufficient domestic computing power, the head of its South Korean operations said Wednesday, a move that could help address data privacy concerns behind the push for sovereign AI models. ChatGPT Enterprise users in South Korea surged about 28-fold in the year through August, while OpenAI is expanding cooperation with Samsung Electronics on next-generation chips, the Stargate infrastructure project and other undisclosed areas, he added.South Korea remains one of the fastest-growing markets for ChatGPT services and users in the country are expected to gain access to "inference residency" in the near future as OpenAI works to secure sufficient computing power locally, the head of the company’s South Korean operations said Wednesday....
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