TOKYO, Mar 26 (News On Japan) - NTT announced Monday the commencement of services utilizing its proprietary large-scale language model, 'tsuzumi.' Aimed at corporations and governmental entities, this generative AI service boasts superior capabilities in processing Japanese texts and documents compared to 'ChatGPT' by America's 'OpenAI.'
With over 500 inquiries already received, NTT aims to achieve sales exceeding 100 billion yen by 2027.
Source: テレ東BIZ
[17: 31] Typhoon No. 22, named Halong, is moving slowly westward near the Ogasawara Islands and may eventually turn north along the edge of a high-pressure system before looping back in a clockwise direction. The typhoon’s path remains uncertain, and authorities are urging the public to stay alert for updates.
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Sanae Takaichi, elected as the Liberal Democratic Party’s new president on October 4th, declared on stage, “I ask everybody to work like a horse,” after defeating agriculture minister Shinjiro Koizumi in a runoff to become the party’s first female leader.
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Tokyo University of Technology unveiled its new supercomputer, named Seiran, on October 2nd, marking the start of full-scale operations. Equipped with the latest GPUs from U.S. chipmaker Nvidia, the system is designed specifically for generative AI and is the largest of its kind among Japan’s private universities.
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