Companies × risks
Samsung
Samsung provides AI infrastructure through its HBM memory, AI-optimised storage, and semiconductor foundry services used in AI processors. It deploys third-party AI (Google Gemini/Imagen) in Galaxy devices, develops its own Gauss/Gauss2 proprietary LLM family, and builds specialised medical imaging AI through Samsung Medison.
We reviewed 6 public documents from Samsung and found it acknowledges 3 of 24 AI risks, including discrimination and loss of privacy.
Sector: Agriculture, Mining, Construction and Manufacturing; Computer & electronics manufacturing
Roles: AI infrastructure provider; AI deployer; General-purpose AI developer
AI risks Samsung acknowledges
- Discrimination: “we will work to avoid discrimination against any individual or group based on gender, ethnicity, nationality, income, sexual orientation, political or religious belief or other factors. ... ensure that AI does not promote or reinforce unfair bias.” (Samsung Electronics' AI Ethics Principles | AI Ethics | Tech for All ...)
- Loss of privacy: “major risks related to generative AI (... personal information leakage ...)” (Samsung Electronics' Commitment to AI Ethics Principles)
- Environmental harm: “the rapid advancement of AI technology and the growth of the IT industry have led to significant increases in energy consumption and carbon emissions in data centers and other sectors.” (Samsung Electronics Sustainability Report 2025)
Documents we reviewed
- Samsung Electronics Sustainability Report 2025 (Annual report, 2025)
- Samsung AI Safety Framework (AI governance, 2025)
- Samsung Electronics' AI Ethics Principles | AI Ethics | Tech for All ... (AI overview & principles, 2024)
- Samsung Electronics' Commitment to AI Ethics Principles (AI overview & principles, 2024)
- Implementing our AI Ethics Principles | AI Ethics | Tech for All ... (AI governance, 2024)
- AI Ethics for Bixby | AI Ethics | Tech for All | People | Sustainability ... (AI overview & principles, 2025)