Rakuten AI chief prioritises low costs over big tech


Ting Cai, head of Rakuten's AI team. — Bloomberg

TOKYO: Rakuten Group Inc is expanding its artificial intelligence (AI) team under the stewardship of a Google veteran and building models with a focus on cost efficiency.

Ting Cai, now three years into his tenure at the head of the eCommerce pioneer’s AI team, has the task of creating AI systems that would augment the company’s many businesses and support the handling of commercial transactions at a minimal cost.

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