SoftBank, OpenAI agree to set up joint venture for AI services

The era of Japan creating new technology is over, now Japan really depend on outsider to get new tech. After that Japan just repackage it.

Well, I don’t really see what SoftBank contributes to the joint venture other than money. This doesn’t appear to be good for Japanese AI innovation.

I’m cheering for the little guys in their garages to beat SB OpenAI.

There you have, AI got important enough to summon Japan's PM and Foreign Minister.

The era of Japan creating new technology is over

Yes, that finished in the mid 90s. Giants like Sony or Softbank missed the smartphone train to the iPhone, and now it seems like they will have to pay for AI.

Meanwhile fax machines are still in use at your ward office.

Look at Son there trying to be an Elon Musk. Maybe Ishiba will create a position for him. He’s copying the US broligarchy.

The purple hair is on full display on the right there.

sakurasukiToday 06:57 am JST

The era of Japan creating new technology is over, now Japan really depend on outsider to get new tech.

Sadly, the era of China stealing others' technology continues, since it's looking very likely that that's what DeepSeek did.

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/microsoft-and-open-ai-investigate-whether-deepseek-illicitly-obtained-data-from-chatgpt

After that Japan just repackage it.

China doesn't even bother to repackage it.

https://www.techradar.com/computing/artificial-intelligence/deepseek-just-insisted-its-chatgpt-and-i-think-thats-all-the-proof-i-need

What's with all the negativity? a reflection of the state of minds!??

Japan always late to the party. As always for the past 20 years...

good luck with that waste of time program

Seems like the new business concept is to squeeze quite an amount of money out of those who have plenty and don't look too much on details, like bigger companies, government, medical sector. Selling this useless and intrinsically not correctly working nonsense in that big dimension to 'AI' outsiders or normal people is already nearly grey zone or semi-criminal.

Rip open ai, SoftBank investment is a big red flag that your venture is going to implode if it hasn’t already. In all seriousness instead of investing in its own ai ventures they went to a third party one, that is rapidly changing plateauing and is in a position to completely cut you off now that they are government funded as well. Good luck in the long run I guess

In all seriousness instead of investing in its own ai ventures they went to a third party one, that is rapidly changing plateauing and is in a position to completely cut you off now that they are government funded as well. 

That drew blood. SoftBank can’t do it on their own is what it is.