Samsung Electronics expects its earnings for the three months to June 2024 to leap 15-fold in comparison with the identical interval final 12 months.A man-made intelligence (AI) increase has lifted the costs of superior chips, driving up the agency’s forecast for the second quarter.The South Korean tech large is the world’s largest maker of reminiscence chips, smartphones and televisions.The announcement pushed Samsung shares up greater than 2% throughout early buying and selling hours in Seoul.The agency additionally reported a greater than 10-fold leap in its earnings for the primary three months of this 12 months.On this quarter, it stated it’s anticipating its revenue to rise to 10.4tn received ($7.54bn; £5.9bn), from 670bn received final 12 months.That surpasses analysts’ forecasts of 8.8tn received, in response to LSEG SmartEstimate.Optimism about AI is one motive for the broader market rally during the last 12 months, which pushed the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq in the USA to new information on Wednesday.Samsung Electronics is the flagship unit of South Korean conglomerate Samsung Group.Subsequent week, the tech firm faces a doable three-day strike, which is predicted to begin on Monday. A union of staff is demanding a extra clear system for bonuses and time without work.