Japan's Fugaku supercomputer to help develop homegrown generative AI

TOKYO -- Japanese researchers will use the homegrown Fugaku supercomputer to develop ChatGPT-style generative artificial intelligence under plans announced on Monday.

The technology will be developed in the current fiscal year through March with an eye toward its release on a free-to-use basis in fiscal 2024. The Tokyo Institute of Technology and Tohoku University have teamed up with Fugaku developers Riken research institute and Fujitsu on the new project.