TOKYO -- Sony will lead a new Japanese effort to develop a taxi-hailing system that uses artificial intelligence to predict demand, entering a field of competition that includes the likes of Toyota Motor and Uber investor SoftBank Group.
Group teams with fleet operators to develop AI-powered dispatching

Sony hopes to gain a foothold in Japan's taxi industry with AI-based hailing.
TOKYO -- Sony will lead a new Japanese effort to develop a taxi-hailing system that uses artificial intelligence to predict demand, entering a field of competition that includes the likes of Toyota Motor and Uber investor SoftBank Group.