SoftBank, Other Major Japanese Firms Set up AI Development Company

SoftBank, other major Japanese firms set up AI development company

NHK has learned that Japanese telecom giant SoftBank has jointly established a new artificial-intelligence company with major firms across a range of industries. They want to boost their presence in the increasingly competitive field known as physical AI.

Japan is building physical AI it controls–and its biggest companies are all in

Physical AI is Japan’s sovereign bet, with SoftBank, NEC, Honda, and Sony building a trillion-parameter model. Japanese government pledges ¥1 trillion, steelmakers and banks hold stakes. Japan has stopped waiting for Silicon Valley to solve its industrial problems. On April 12, SoftBank, NEC, Honda, and Sony jointly established a company called Japan AI Foundation Model Development, according to reports from Nikkei Asia and Kyodo News. The ventu…

Japanese tech giants launch joint venture targeting physical AI for robots and machines

Japanese technology giants SoftBank Group Corp., Sony Corp. and NEC Corp. are teaming up with Honda Motor Co., Ltd. on a new artificial intelligence joint venture that has a single goal: to build a trillion-parameter model for autonomous machines. The companies are reportedly making a big bet on what has become known as “physical AI,” […] The post Japanese tech giants launch joint venture targeting physical AI for robots and machines appeared fi…