AI News - OpenAI has announced the opening of a First asian office in Tokyo

OpenAI is an American artificial intelligence research organization founded in December 2015, It researches in artificial intelligence with the goal of developing "safe and beneficial" artificial intelligence. which it defines as "highly autonomous systems that outperform humans at most economically valuable work". 

OpenAI has announced the they are opening its First asian office in Tokyo, japan to drive its expansion into the Asian market. Tokyo was selected for OpenAI's first Asian office due to its global leadership in technology. The new office aims to make collaboration with the Japanese government, local businesses, and research institutions to develop AI tools tailored to Japan's unique requirements. they also announce releasing a GPT-4 custom model optimized for the Japanese language which operates up to 3x faster than GPT-4 Turbo.

Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI - 

"We're excited to be in Japan which has a rich history of people and technology coming together to do more,” explained Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI. “We believe AI will accelerate work by empowering people to be more creative and productive, while also delivering broad value to current and new industries that have yet to be imagined."

Why Choose Tokyo

Open AI growing their operations internationally, making their reach into Asia with a new office in Tokyo, Japan. tokyo has its global leadership in technology, they are know as a culture of service, and a community that embraces innovation.

Japanese government playing a role leading in AI policy

The Japanese government also playing a role leading in AI policy – especially after chairing the Hiroshima AI Process . The Hiroshima AI Process was launched to promote establish international rule making for advanced AI systems and more than 40 country and regions have already joined this group – which aims to foster AI development aligned with human dignity, diversity, and inclusion, and sustainable societies. OpenAI seeks to contribute to the local ecosystem and explore AI solutions for social challenges, such as rural depopulation and labour shortages, within the region.

Leader of AI in region

Tadao Nagasaki is new President of OpenAI Japan. he will lead commercial and market engagement efforts and help building a local team that will advance Global Affairs, Operations and other functions in Japan.

Custom GPT 4 model for japan 

As a first step in long-term commitment to the japan, and providing them early access to a GPT-4 custom model specifically optimized for the Japanese language. This custom model offers improved performance in translating and summarizing Japanese text, is cost effective, and operates up to 3x faster than its predecessor. and planning to release the custom model more broadly in the API in the coming months.

Conclusion

As Opening new office in Tokyo, Japan. OpenAi highlights companies global mission and growing their operations internationally, in their first step making their reach into Asia. which aims to foster AI development aligned with human dignity, diversity, and inclusion, and sustainable societies.

OpenAI is a non-profit research company whose main objective is to produce AI that can help humanity as a whole. The company intended to benefit humanity by working with safe artificial general intelligence. OpenAI provides a free trial that allows you to explore their language models and APIs. During the trial period, you can experiment with various features and see how they fit your needs. while these free options provide a taste of what OpenAI offers, there are additional paid services with more features and capabilities.