Japan's Toyota & NTT to invest $3.26 bn R&D to create AI software to improve self-driving

  • Toyota Motor and Nippon Telegraph and Telephone will develop automotive software that uses artificial intelligence to anticipate accidents and take control of the car

Nikkei (gated) have the report.

In brief:

  • Toyota Motor and Japan's Nippon Telegraph and Telephone (NTT) will invest 500 billion yen ($3.26 billion) in research and development to create artificial intelligence software to improve self-driving
  • the software will use AI to anticipate accidents and take control of the vehicle
  • aiming to have a working system ready by 2028 and provide it to other automakers

There is an ungated summary here for a little more.

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