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NVIDIA and Japan have joined forces to create a new era of innovation in the AI space, with a shared vision for harnessing the power of artificial intelligence to transform industries across Japan and globally. According to NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang, every industry, every company, and every country must produce a new industrial revolution, with AI serving as the catalyst for this shift.
NVIDIA has partnered with SoftBank Group to build Japan's most powerful AI supercomputer, DGX SuperPOD. The partnership aims to support sectors like healthcare, automotive, and robotics by enabling them to leverage the power of AI. SoftBank has successfully piloted the world's first combined AI and 5G network, known as AI-RAN. NVIDIA's CEO emphasizes the importance of agentic AI in transforming productivity across industries.
NVIDIA, the world-renowned leader in graphics processing units (GPUs) and artificial intelligence (AI), has taken a significant step towards solidifying its position as a driving force behind the next technological revolution. The company's CEO, Jensen Huang, recently underscored the importance of Japan's involvement in this AI-driven economy during his keynote address at NVIDIA's AI Summit Japan.
At the heart of this collaboration is a shared vision for harnessing the power of AI to transform industries across Japan and globally. According to Huang, every industry, every company, and every country must produce a new industrial revolution, with AI serving as the catalyst for this shift. He emphasized that Japan is uniquely positioned to lead in this AI-driven economy, thanks to its history of innovation, engineering excellence, and technological prowess.
Huang highlighted the importance of agentic AI—advanced digital agents capable of understanding, reasoning, planning, and taking action—to transform productivity across industries. These agents can tackle complex, multi-step tasks, effectively doing 50% of the work for 100% of the people, turbocharging human productivity. By turning data into actionable insights, agentic AI offers companies powerful tools to enhance operations without replacing human roles.
Furthermore, NVIDIA's CEO emphasized the profound synergy between AI and robotics, highlighting how advancements in artificial intelligence have created new possibilities for robotics across industries. He noted that as AI enables machines to learn, adapt, and perform complex tasks autonomously, robotics is evolving beyond traditional programming. Huang expressed his hope that Japan would take advantage of the latest breakthroughs in artificial intelligence and combine it with its world-class expertise in mechatronics.
To support this vision, NVIDIA has partnered with SoftBank Group, a leading technology company, to build Japan's most powerful AI supercomputer, known as DGX SuperPOD. This cutting-edge computing platform will deliver extensive computing power to drive sovereign AI initiatives, including large language models (LLMs) specifically designed for Japan.
The collaboration between NVIDIA and SoftBank has significant implications for Japan's AI infrastructure network. By providing advanced AI resources to companies and research institutions across the country, this initiative aims to support sectors like healthcare, automotive, and robotics by enabling them to leverage the power of AI. This project is supported by the Japan Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry, further underscoring its importance.
Another notable development from the summit was SoftBank's successful pilot of the world's first combined AI and 5G network, known as AI-RAN (radio access network). This network enables AI and 5G workloads to run simultaneously, opening new revenue possibilities for telecom providers. According to Masayoshi Son, SoftBank Group Chairman and CEO, this intelligence network will become one big neural brain for the infrastructure intelligence in Japan.
The partnership between NVIDIA and SoftBank has created a ripple effect of excitement throughout the AI community. By pooling their expertise and resources, these two industry leaders are poised to create a new era of innovation in Japan. As Huang succinctly put it, "This is the beginning of a new era... we can't miss this time."
In conclusion, NVIDIA's collaboration with SoftBank Group marks an important milestone in Japan's journey towards becoming a major player in the AI revolution. With its unique blend of technological expertise and cultural heritage, Japan is well-positioned to harness the power of AI and drive global transformation.
Related Information:
https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/ai-summit-japan-huang-son/
https://nvidianews.nvidia.com/online-press-kit/nvidia-ai-summit-japan-2024-news
Published: Fri Nov 15 21:18:47 2024 by llama3.2 3B Q4_K_M
