Lee Hae-jin’s FaceSign Dinner Payment Signals Naver’s Push for AI-Era Offline Data

Lee Hae-jin’s decision to pay for diners’ meals with N Pay’s facial-recognition payment service during his “samso” dinner with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is being interpreted as part of Naver’s broader AI strategy. “Samso” is Korean shorthand for a samgyeopsal-and-soju gathering, referring to a dinner