When it comes to artificial intelligence, it is unlikely that you will think about the Japanese company Sony. You can think of, most likely, will come the names of the companies Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Apple, Amazon. But Sony? And yet the Japanese company many years engaged in research in this area. Recall, the robot-dog Aibo, which knew his master and was constantly studying something new. In addition, the Sony has more and products like smart column Xperia Agent and personal assistant in the form of Xperia earphone Ear, also contain AI. The position of Sony in the race for artificial intelligence may change in the near future, because the company decided to make its AI open to developers.
Sony really can be considered one of the pioneers of artificial intelligence. After all, when the Japanese became interested in this question on the AI not working yet either in Google or in Facebook or other popular companies today. Now artificial intelligence Sony will be available for developers of third-party software. This will make the products of Japanese companies are more versatile and as friendly to the users. Sony itself is hoping that developers will add to the software library of the company, useful new software, revealing the potential of artificial intelligence.
Of course, while the products of Sony like Xperia Xperia Agent and the Ear is a pale shadow of what has been achieved in this direction, Google and Apple. However, the Japanese did not lose heart and believe that sooner or later they will catch up and even surpass their competitors pulling ahead. Sony is actively working on integration of artificial intelligence in augmented reality technology, yet can not boast of other companies. The Japanese don’t want to be like other people, and this is one of their main advantages.
Sony has made its artificial intelligence is open for developers
Sergey Grey