TOKYO - Three Japanese companies, including Fujitsu Ltd., are considering investing in a new firm led by SoftBank Corp. to develop an artificial intelligence model domestically, sources close to the matter said Thursday.
The companies, also including Asahi Kasei Corp. and Yaskawa Electric Corp., are expected to invest several tens of millions of yen each in Japan AI Foundation Model Development and cooperate broadly to create physical AI, which merges AI with robotics, for use in manufacturing.
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