Japan and the U.S. will announce nearer cooperation in high-tech areas equivalent to synthetic intelligence (AI) in a joint assertion when Prime Minister Fumio Kishida meets with President Joe Biden subsequent month, the Asahi Shimbun newspaper mentioned on Saturday.
Biden is about to host Kishida for an official go to to the U.S. on April 10.
Calling ties between the 2 allies a “world partnership”, the joint assertion will advocate stronger cooperation in AI and semiconductors, Asahi mentioned with out citing its sources.
As a part of the settlement, Japan and the U.S. will doubtless arrange a framework for AI analysis and improvement, working with Nvidia, Arm and Amazon, amongst others, the newspaper mentioned.
The U.S. has moved aggressively in latest months to halt shipments of superior AI chips to China, in its efforts to cease Beijing from getting cutting-edge U.S. expertise that would strengthen its army.