Panasonic unit deploys ChatGPT-style AI to improve productivity

All 12,500 employees in Japan can use system for programming

Panasonic Connect has made it possible for all its 12,500 employees in Japan to use an AI system it has developed to improve productivity.

YUKI NAGANAWA and HIROMI SATO, Nikkei staff writers

March 8, 2023 18:00 JST

OSAKA/PALO ALTO, U.S. -- A system development company under Panasonic Holdings has begun large-scale deployment of easy-to-use, interactive artificial intelligence that it hopes will improve productivity.

Panasonic Connect has made it possible for all its 12,500 employees in Japan to use the AI as an "assistant" for tasks such as drafting documents, Nikkei has learned.