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June 21, 2024, 8:03 AM UTC

SoftBank’s Son Aims to Create ‘Super’ AI in New Investment Drive

Min Jeong Lee
Min Jeong Lee
Bloomberg News

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Son sketched out ambitions to help create AI thousands of times smarter than any human, making his most grandiose pronouncements since the Japanese conglomerate began taking steps to shore up its finances following a series of ill-timed startup bets.

SoftBank Group Corp. founder Masayoshi Son, speaking to shareholders gathered at an annual meeting, discussed his ambitions to bring about an era of artificial super-intelligence, or ASI. Source: SoftBank Group)

Son, sounding both more energized and more reflective than he has in years, talked Friday about a future when Arm Holdings Plc chips support a thriving ecosystem of robots and powerful data centers that can ...

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