The Japanese company intends to continue growing in the world of research and development with three projects already underway.
Sony Corporation has created Sony AI, a new worldwide organization with which they will work in the research and development of artificial intelligence in three projects already underway, a technology that they hope to apply in video games, image and sound, robotics and entertainment.
According to the statement, Sony AI will have offices in Japan, the United States and Europe. The objective of the Japanese giant is to dedicate and centralize efforts in its commercial purposes of the world of videogames and other areas such as music or cinema, which will transform and create new goals.
The long-term objective also goes through the extension beyond its business domains. The first three projects will go to the videogames, image and detection departments and, finally, gastronomy to “further improve the value of Sony's videogames and sensors businesses in the coming years”.
Aibo, the robot dog shown at Ceatec Japan 2019 this October in Chiba, Japan | Image: Tomohiro Ohsumi (Getty)
At no time is it explicit that they are related to future PlayStation 5 video games, but as of Christmas of 2020 it will be said console that will become the main entertainment system of Sony and, therefore, the console that can benefit from these Advances in artificial intelligence.
The head of Sony AI will be the president and CEO of Sony Computer Science Laboratories and corporate executive of Sony Corporation, Hiroaki Kitano. At Sony AI America it will be Peter Stone, president of the RoboCup Foundation, who will take over.
PlayStation 5 has made headlines this week twice, since Sony has officially patented a new version of the DualShock in the Japanese patent register and what aims to be the return of the old external storage cartridges. Nothing materialized or concrete at the moment, although Sony is already sending its users surveys to evaluate the experience they have had so far with PS4, which celebrates its sixth anniversary.
