July 6 (Bloomberg) -- Nikkei News reported on July 5 that Japanese farm machinery makerKubotaThe company announced on July 3 that it has officially launched a program forGenerative AI Chat Service for Farmers, AI Will answer crops in the chat screenIssues such as planting methods.. The service aims to lower the barriers to agricultural advice and support newcomers to the industry who are interested in pursuing a career in agriculture.
The service has been running on a trial basis since January and is now fully operational as an official service. In addition to planting-related questions, AI will also provide farmers withSubsidy systems and useful websitesThe system supports the viewing of past questions and adds the ability to display manuals related to answers in PDF format. The system supports the viewing of past question records, and adds the function of displaying the contents of the operation manual related to the answer in PDF form.
According to 1AI, the chat service is integrated into Kubota's agricultural support system, KSAS, at no extra cost to the user, and supports questions during non-working hours and weekends. In the future, Kubota will continue to expand its functionality to allow farmers to use generative AI to analyze harvest data and farmland information.