TOKYO (AP) — Japanese know-how big SoftBank Group and OpenAI are stepping up their partnership in artificial intelligence, setting up a 50-50 held company referred to as SB OpenAI Japan. SoftBank Chief Masayoshi Son and OpenAI Chief Sam Altman appeared collectively at an occasion in Tokyo on Monday. Son mentioned AI service Cristal will first roll out within the SoftBank Group firms, which embrace Arm, a semiconductor and software program company, and PayPay, an digital cost service. SoftBank mentioned it plans to spend $3 billion a 12 months to combine Cristal throughout its firms.