Sony jumps into Japan's taxi market with AI app plans

how about Uber? Oh right the oyajis don't want that here so its not allowed

They are losing customers because taxis became too expensive, and our salaries aren't growing. Neither app or AI will help to solve the problem. They need to make taxis more affordable by using electric and driverless vehicles, this is the only way to go.

I have starting to suspect ,  particularly over the past 2 years, that the GPS systems in taxi's in Japan are manipulated to not show the shortest route.  And because of that it was possible to reduce the starting fee, which in itself is only a gain for the first few kilometers after which one pays more than before but at least that was explained before implementation.  I would like to see a check of the GPS systems in taxi's.