Hitachi will provide employees with specialized generative AI training, including how to apply AI to services and products, how to collect data, and build large-scale language models.
Hitachi plans to train 50,000 employees by 2027 to be able to develop new services using general artificial intelligence.
The program will cover about 20 percent of Hitachi's 270,000-strong workforce. Employees in domestic and overseas sectors such as information technology and railways will be trained.
AI has entered an era of widespread use and is increasingly being harnessed to not only improve internal operational efficiency but also expand business operations.
Hitachi aims to enhance competitiveness by cultivating AI human resources.
The group will provide employees with specialized generative AI training, including how to apply it to services and products, how to collect data, and how to build large-scale language models.
Currently, only a few employees use AI to introduce new services to customers. Generative AI will be used in core areas such as information technology, railways and energy.
For railways, Hitachi is developing a system that uses AI to create train and track crashes, fires and other incidents in virtual space so that railway company employees can learn how to handle them safely.
AI human resources will be deployed from the development stage to the sales implementation stage.
According to the Japan Information and Electronics Industry Association, the generative AI market will expand to $211 billion by 2030, 20 times larger than in 2023. Of this, the development of services and systems using generative AI accounts for $203.8 billion.
How AI is incorporated into business operations will have a direct impact on the growth of the company.
This year, Hitachi is partnering with Google, Microsoft, and Nvidia to use AI. The goal is to work with major technology corporations to combine the latest technology and know-how using generative AI.
Competition for AI talent is heating up. NTT Data plans to make about 100 billion yen ($640 million) worth of mergers and acquisitions in Japan by fiscal 2025 to attract companies with expertise in generative AI.
NEC and other organizations are also rushing to develop internal human resources.
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