SoftBank's Son sees AI in cars as 'once-in-2-centuries revolution'

CEO test-rides UK startup's self-driving vehicle in busy downtown Tokyo streets

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SoftBank Group Chairman and CEO Masayoshi Son sits next to Wayve CEO Alex Kendall in a self-driving car in Tokyo. (Photo by Ryosuke Eguchi)

YUSUKE YAGI and RYOSUKE EGUCHI

TOKYO -- Artificial intelligence will bring about a "once-in-two-centuries revolution" in automobiles, SoftBank Group Chairman and CEO Masayoshi Son said on Wednesday after a test-ride in a self-driving car developed by Wayve, a SBG-backed start up based in U.K. 

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