OpenAI announced through its official blog page that the company’s first office in Asia has settled in Tokyo, Japan, expanding its business to Asia. OpenAI said it is committed to working with local governments, businesses and research institutions to develop safe artificial intelligence tools that meet unique local needs.
OpenAI opens first office in Tokyo
OpenAI will also release a custom GPT-4 model optimized for Japanese. It offers improved performance on Japanese text and can run up to three times faster than GPT-4 Turbo . At the same time, the model improves the performance and cost-effectiveness of translating and summarizing Japanese text.
At the same time, due to the reduction of Tokens and the improvement of efficiency, the cost has also been reduced by 47%. Officials say OpenAI can provide higher-quality feedback in more scenarios.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman visited Japan in April 2023. After meeting with the Japanese Prime Minister, he expressed that he would consider opening an office in Japan and expanding the scope of services.
He told reporters after meeting with the Japanese Prime Minister: “We hope… to build something great for the Japanese people and make the large model more suitable for Japanese language and Japanese culture. ” It is worth mentioning that the name of the OpenAI video generation model “Sora” comes from Based on the Japanese pronunciation of the Chinese character “empty”, which means “sky”, it shows its unlimited creative potential.
