Sony boosts offerings with artificial intelligence and robotics

Sony has announced that it is strengthening its video and audio technologies through artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics by fusing its core offerings with the latest in technology. Together with its partner companies and research institutes, Sony is combining the traditional techniques of Japan with new technologies. The Sony Innovation Fund, a corporate venture capital which facilitates collaboration with leading external researches and start-up companies around the world, is focusing on AI and robotics to support the growth of investee businesses. This has resulted in investment in over 10 firms from Japan, the United States, Europe, and elsewhere. Sony's investment in Cogitai, an American start-up that specialises in AI, has also resulted in the development of AI technologies that use deep reinforcement learning and prediction technology as the basis for the next generation of AI applications and products.