{"id":14916,"date":"2024-07-06T09:03:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-06T01:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.1ai.net\/?p=14916"},"modified":"2024-07-06T09:03:00","modified_gmt":"2024-07-06T01:03:00","slug":"%e8%bd%af%e9%93%b6%e8%ae%a1%e5%88%92%e7%99%be%e4%ba%bf%e7%be%8e%e5%85%83%e7%ba%a7ai%e6%8a%95%e8%b5%84-%e8%81%9a%e7%84%a6%e8%83%bd%e6%ba%90%e9%a2%86%e5%9f%9f","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.1ai.net\/en\/14916.html","title":{"rendered":"SoftBank plans to invest $10 billion in AI to focus on the energy sector"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to people familiar with the matter, Japanese technology investment giant<a href=\"https:\/\/www.1ai.net\/en\/tag\/%e8%bd%af%e9%93%b6\" title=\"[View articles tagged with [softbank]]\" target=\"_blank\" >SoftBank<\/a>The group is seeking financing for a $10 billion AI-related investment plan. This large-scale investment is mainly aimed at the energy sector, reflecting the profound impact of the current artificial intelligence (AI) boom on traditional industries.<\/p>\n<p>After being silent for nearly a year, SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son has recently re-emerged in the public eye. He expressed great enthusiasm for the future development of AI and elaborated on his grand plan to make SoftBank a leader in the field of AI. Son even boldly predicted that within the next 10 years, artificial super intelligence (ASI) will appear that is 10,000 times smarter than humans.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14917\" title=\"202212081352447331_0\" src=\"https:\/\/www.1ai.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/202212081352447331_0.jpg\" alt=\"202212081352447331_0\" width=\"630\" height=\"630\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In addition to seeking bank loans, people familiar with the matter also revealed that SoftBank is actively exploring channels to obtain a large number of Nvidia GPUs. These graphics processors play a vital role in AI development. It is estimated that Nvidia currently controls 70% to 95% of AI chip market share, which are mainly used to train and deploy large language models such as OpenAI GPT.<\/p>\n<p>A notable feature of SoftBank&#039;s investment plan this time is the combination of AI and energy projects. This move highlights the huge application potential of AI technology in the energy field, which may involve optimizing energy distribution, improving the efficiency of renewable energy, and many other aspects.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Japanese tech investment giant SoftBank Group is seeking financing for a whopping $10 billion AI-related investment program, according to people familiar with the matter. This large investment is mainly targeted at the energy sector, reflecting the far-reaching impact of the current artificial intelligence (AI) boom on traditional industries. After nearly a year of silence, SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son has recently become active again in the public eye. He expressed great enthusiasm for the future development of AI and elaborated on his grand plan to build SoftBank into a leader in the AI field. Masayoshi Son even boldly predicted that an artificial superintelligence (ASI) 10,000 times smarter than humans will emerge in the next 10 years. In addition to seeking bank loans, people familiar with the matter also revealed that SoftBank is actively exploring avenues to acquire a large number of NVIDIA GPUs. These graphics processors play a crucial role in AI development<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[146],"tags":[1373,1253],"collection":[],"class_list":["post-14916","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-ai","tag-1253"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.1ai.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14916","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.1ai.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.1ai.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.1ai.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.1ai.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14916"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.1ai.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14916\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.1ai.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14916"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.1ai.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14916"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.1ai.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14916"},{"taxonomy":"collection","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.1ai.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/collection?post=14916"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}