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Japan rallies tech-giant alliance to build sovereign AI

Japan is throwing its industrial weight behind a homegrown challenger to US and Chinese dominance in artificial intelligence.

Japan rallies tech-giant alliance to build sovereign AI

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Japan is throwing its industrial weight behind a homegrown challenger to US and Chinese dominance in artificial intelligence.

The government announced this week it will fund Noetra, a new consortium of SoftBank Corp., Sony, NEC and Honda, to build a national AI foundation model in partnership with the National Institute of...

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Japan is throwing its industrial weight behind a homegrown challenger to US and Chinese dominance in artificial intelligence. The government announced this week it will fund Noetra, a new consortium of SoftBank Corp., Sony, NEC and Honda, to build a national AI foundation model in partnership with the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and […]

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