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Japan is on the cusp of a revolution in artificial intelligence (AI) innovation, with some of the world's most renowned technology leaders playing a pivotal role. The country's tech giants are leveraging NVIDIA's cutting-edge software and hardware solutions to accelerate domestic AI development, with a focus on creating sovereign AI models that can better interpret Japanese cultural and linguistic nuances.
Japan is on the cusp of a revolution in artificial intelligence (AI) innovation. NVIDIA AI Enterprise is providing a comprehensive platform for building and deploying AI agents, adopted by top tech firms like Fujitsu, NEC, and NTT Group. Startups such as Kotoba Technologies are leveraging NVIDIA NeMo to develop innovative models. Japanese universities are powering the transformation with AI innovations like Nagoya University's Ruri-Large model. Global technology leaders like Accenture, Deloitte, HPE, and Dell Technologies are partnering with NVIDIA to bring AI technologies to Japanese organizations.
Japan is on the cusp of a revolution in artificial intelligence (AI) innovation, with some of the world's most renowned technology leaders playing a pivotal role. The country's tech giants are leveraging NVIDIA's cutting-edge software and hardware solutions to accelerate domestic AI development, with a focus on creating sovereign AI models that can better interpret Japanese cultural and linguistic nuances.
At the heart of this initiative is NVIDIA AI Enterprise, which provides a comprehensive platform for building and deploying AI agents. This has been adopted by some of Japan's most prominent tech firms, including Fujitsu, NEC, and NTT Group, to develop advanced AI models tailored to specific industries such as finance, manufacturing, healthcare, and local governments.
Fujitsu's Takane model is a notable example of this effort, designed to prioritize security and accuracy with Japanese data. Built using NVIDIA NeMo for fine-tuning, the model excels in both domestic and international Japanese LLM benchmarks for natural Japanese expression and accuracy. Similarly, NEC's cotomi model uses NeMo's parallel processing techniques for efficient model training, while NTT Group has launched its large language model "tsuzumi" accelerated with NVIDIA TensorRT-LLM.
Meanwhile, startups such as Kotoba Technologies are also making waves in the AI space, leveraging NVIDIA NeMo to develop innovative models. The transcription application built on their Kotoba-Whisper model performed live transcription during a recent conversation between SoftBank Chairman and CEO Masayoshi Son and NVIDIA founder and CEO Jensen Huang at NVIDIA AI Summit Japan.
Furthermore, Japanese universities are powering the ongoing transformation with a wave of AI innovations. Nagoya University's Ruri-Large is a Japanese embedding model that achieves high document retrieval performance with high-quality synthetic data generated by Nemotron-4 340B. The National Institute of Informatics will introduce LLM.jp-3-13B-Instruct, a sovereign AI model developed from scratch, supported by several Japanese government-backed programs.
In addition to these pioneering efforts, industry leaders are also turning to NVIDIA Omniverse to bring AI into the physical world. Yaskawa, a leading industrial robot maker, is developing adaptive robots for increased autonomy using NVIDIA Isaac libraries and AI models. Toyota is exploring how to build robotic factory lines in Omniverse to improve tasks in robot motion in metal-forging processes.
Seven & i Holdings, an iconic Japanese company, is also leveraging NVIDIA Omniverse to gather insights from video cameras in research to optimize retail and enhance safety. Meanwhile, Dell Technologies has deployed the Dell AI Factory with NVIDIA globally — with a key focus on the Japanese market — and will support NVIDIA NIM microservices for Japanese enterprises across various industries.
Accenture, Deloitte, HPE, and other global technology leaders are also partnering with NVIDIA to bring AI technologies to organizations across Japan. Accenture will deploy AI agent solutions based on the Accenture AI Refinery, customizing with NVIDIA NeMo and deploying with NVIDIA NIM for a Japanese-specific solution.
The proliferation of language models across academia, startups, and enterprises is just the start of Japan’s AI revolution. As the country continues to advance its AI capabilities, it's clear that NVIDIA will play a crucial role in supporting this journey, enabling developers to build AI applications for industries requiring high-precision outcomes such as healthcare, finance, and manufacturing.
In conclusion, Japan's rise to AI sovereignty is well underway, with technology leaders leveraging NVIDIA's exceptional resources to drive innovation. As the country continues to push the boundaries of what's possible with AI, it's clear that NVIDIA will be at the forefront of this revolution.
Related Information:
https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/japan-tech-leaders-sovereign-ai-omniverse/
Published: Tue Nov 12 22:31:11 2024 by llama3.2 3B Q4_K_M
