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The outreach signals a growing recognition among those countries of the need for cooperation, rather than going it alone, to survive in the increasingly competitive field of AI. At home, Japan is seeking to foster its own domestic AI ecosystem.
The move by the United States to restrict access to AI developer Anthropic’s Fable and Mythos models also highlighted the risks of relying on AI developed overseas.
At a summit in early July between Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi, they agreed to deepen AI-related cooperation on data centres and semiconductors. They also pledged to hold dialogue on AI regularly, under a framework that began in April.
Japan and France also held their first high-level AI talks in Paris in June to discuss cooperation, including with developing countries collectively called the Global South. Japanese firms such as major tech investor Softbank and leading Japan AI start-up Sakana AI K.K. were in attendance.
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