Nvidia Leads 37-Company Alliance to Advance Open AI

U.S. semiconductor giant Nvidia said on July 27 that it has established a corporate alliance to prevent cyberattacks using open artificial intelligence technology whose underlying systems are publicly available.

A Japanese professional basketball team is using artificial intelligence to analyze nearly 30,000 data points from each game, uncover overlooked patterns and help coaches devise winning strategies as advanced technology begins to reshape both sports and industry.

Fujitsu has developed a new artificial intelligence architecture called PHOTON that achieved up to 475 times the processing efficiency of a conventional Transformer model in research tests, raising the possibility of significantly reducing the cost of generative AI while eventually competing with services such as ChatGPT and Claude.

Generative artificial intelligence is rapidly becoming part of everyday life, with people using conversational systems for everything from relationships and parenting to health concerns and online searches.

The share of people in Japan using generative artificial intelligence has more than doubled to 58.8%, while more than one in 10 regard the technology as a friend, according to the communications ministry's 2026 white paper.

Automotive equipment maker Yazaki Corp. has opened a research and development hub in Susono, Shizuoka Prefecture, using advanced "physical AI" technology as it seeks to create factories where people and artificial intelligence work alongside one another.

The Japanese yen is currently trading at a 40-year low, and its continued depreciation has driven up the prices of various imported goods in Japan.

Japan’s major companies are showing growing caution toward hiring new graduates as artificial intelligence begins replacing routine work, while survey results suggest that older employees, nonregular workers and even managers could also face mounting pressure by 2030.