TOKYO: Japan has said that it will help South-East Asian countries train large language models in their local languages to promote the advancement of artificial intelligence in the region, according to Vietnam news agency .
As the Japanese Government sees AI and decarbonisation as areas where the country can offer unique assistance to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations , the PM is expected to promote greater partnerships between Japanese AI companies and businesses in Singapore, Malaysia, Vietnam and the rest of the region, including on large language models.
Japan envisions its AI developers working with partners in South-East Asia to train LLMs in the local language and cultural context, including by compiling text and voice data and testing the models. Some partnerships have already taken off. Tokyo-based Elyza, a unit of mobile carrier KDDI, is developing a Thai LLM.