Japan to help South-East Asia develop AI


TOKYO: Japan has said that it will help South-East Asian countries train large language models (LLMs) in their local languages to promote the advancement of artificial intelligence (AI) in the region, according to Vietnam news agency (VNA).

It reported Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (pic) is slated to announce the public-private initiative on July 5 at the Asia Business Summit hosted by the Japan Business Federation (Keidanren).

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