Kurt Schussler

  • Jack Ma, former chairman of Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., right, gestures while speaking with Masayoshi Son, chairman and chief executive officer of SoftBank Group Corp., at Tokyo Forum 2019 in Tokyo, Japan, on Friday, Dec. 6, 2019. Son unveiled a $184 million initiative Friday to accelerate artificial intelligence research in Japan, enlisting Ma to expound on his goal of commercializing the technology. Son's company announced a partnership with the University of Tokyo that includes spending 20 billion yen ($184 million) over 10 years by mobile arm SoftBank Corp. to establish the Beyond AI Institute. Photographer: Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesInternational

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