Japan’s KDDI Plans 1,000 AI Robots to Combat Labor Shortages
Japanese telecommunications giant KDDI has announced plans to invest ¥30 billion ($200 million) in artificial intelligence-powered robots, aiming to deploy more than 1,000 autonomous machines across Japanese workplaces by fiscal 2030.
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