Japan commits up to $6.16B over five years to Noetra, a consortium led by SoftBank, Honda, NEC, and Sony, to develop a domestic AI foundation model by 2027 (Nikkei Asia)

<a href="https://asia.nikkei.com/business/technology/artificial-intelligence/japan-backs-softbank-led-ai-models-with-up-to-6.2bn-in-chasing-us-china"><img align="RIGHT" border="0" hspace="4" src="http://www.techmeme.com/260701/i4.jpg" vspace="4" /></a> <p><a href="https://www.techmeme.com/260701/p4#a260701p4" title="Techmeme permalink"><img height="12" src="http://www.techmeme.com/img/pml.png" style="border: none; padding: 0; margin: 0;" width="11" /></a> <a href="https://asia.nikkei.com/">Nikkei Asia</a>:<br /> <span style="font-size: 1.3em;"><b><a href="https://asia.nikkei.com/business/technology/artificial-intelligence/japan-backs-softbank-led-ai-models-with-up-to-6.2bn-in-chasing-us-china">Japan commits up to $6.16B over five years to Noetra, a consortium led by SoftBank, Honda, NEC, and Sony, to develop a domestic AI foundation model by 2027</a></b></span>&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; TOKYO &mdash; Japan will provide up to 1 trillion yen ($6.16 billion) for a group of nine companies including telecom SoftBank Corp &hellip; </p>