The University of Tokyo and Softbank Next-generation AI research organization will be jointly established December 6th 18:32
The University of Tokyo and a major communications company, Softbank, have jointly established a new organization to conduct research on next-generation AI = artificial intelligence.
The University of Tokyo and Softbank held a press conference on the 6th and announced that they will jointly establish a new organization named “Beyond AI Laboratories”.
Next spring, a base for basic research will be set up at the Hongo campus of the University of Tokyo, and then a base for applied research will also be set up at Softbank's headquarters.
In addition to researchers from the University of Tokyo, researchers from leading overseas universities are also invited to advance research into technologies that enhance AI computing capabilities and technologies that combine physics, brain science and AI, and aggressively commercialize them. I am aiming.
Softbank plans to invest 20 billion yen over 10 years as labor costs and development costs.
At a news conference on the 6th, Masayoshi Son, president of Softbank Group, Softbank's parent company, “AI technology development is fought over the prestige of the United States and China, but Japan is out of the mosquito net. I would like Japan to become a late starter in the field to “catch up and overtake” the United States and other countries. ”
“The University of Tokyo is a traditional organization in Japan, so I hope that collaboration with Softbank, who likes new things, will have a positive impact on society.” It was.