US EditionSoftBank Developing AI Agents to Make Each Worker Like a ‘Thousand-Armed Deity’
TOKYO, JAPAN, JUL 16 – SoftBank plans to deploy one billion autonomous AI agents to enhance productivity and innovation, investing $3 billion annually in AI infrastructure and services, Son said.
- SoftBank Group Corp. is developing the world's first artificial intelligence agent system that can autonomously perform complex tasks, according to Chairman and CEO Masayoshi Son.
- The AI agents can work 24 hours a day to compile strategies, program, and negotiate on behalf of humans, enhancing productivity at companies.
- Sam Altman, the head of OpenAI, described AI agents as a remarkable step forward, capable of executing tasks given in natural language.
- Son stated that the AI agents will self-evolve and self-replicate to achieve their goals, indicating the end of humans doing all programming.
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SoftBank CEO Son pitches autonomous AI agent system for corporate use
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