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In today's AI infrastructure news, OpenAI and SoftBank plan to convert a former Sharp LCD plant in Osaka into a large-scale AI data center.

The country is falling behind in an intensifying cycle of innovation and competition involving AI and the changes in the industrial landscape AI will bring

The driverless technology from Nissan Motor Corp., which uses 14 cameras, nine radars and six LiDar sensors installed in and around the vehicle, highlights Japan's eagerness to catch up with players like Google's Waymo that have taken the lead in the U.S.

"For the past 10 years, we have been working on using AI to solve real-world problems," Daisuke Okanohara of Preferred Networks told CNBC's "Managing Asia."

Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. ("Yamaha") today announced the launch of Yamaha Agriculture, Inc., a new company focused on delivering autonomous equipment and AI-powered digital solutions that help growers in the specialty crop market become more sustainable,

Despite the name, this isn't agentic AI: It doesn't have goals, and its powers are limited to answering whatever questions the user asks. You can set up the agent to execute basic commands through Microsoft's Copilot studio, but the goal isn't to have the agent making its own decisions. This is primarily AI as a data access tool.

Hikigai Inc. partners with Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham to establish a Joint Research Center for AI in Healthcare.

The Tokyo-1 supercomputer - unveiled at the NVIDIA GTC AI conference this week - will be made available to Japan's pharma companies and startups in a bid to accelerate the adoption of AI ...