Sony cooks up special AI unit that aims to change the way people make food and eat

Today, Sony announced a new division at the company to focus exclusively on artificial intelligence that will have offices in Japan, the United States, and Europe. Called Sony AI, the new division will initially begin with three'flagship projects' in gaming, imaging and sensing, and gastronomy. The company hasn't specified what exactly these projects will be but a concept video from Sony shows the company's vision for how AI and robotics will change how people eat in the future. The video shows a long kitchen counter top equipped with multiple robotic arms and camera sensors, which observe a human chopping a vegetable. A human enters the kitchen and begins chopping a vegetable.