"Sony has entered the accelerating global AI race with a new organization, Sony AI. The research sites will be based in Tokyo, Austin, Texas and Europe. The company will focus on AI projects in three fields- “gaming, imaging & sensing, and gastronomy,". The research will add value to Sony's existing business of gaming and hardware. AI helps developers to study player behavior, test games at accelerated rates. AI would also help in expanding Sony's ability in hardware. The goal of next generation sensors is to add intelligence on the edge of the network. Sony also has recently opened APIs for its robotic dog platform Aibo, thus already creating a platform and underlying technologies for its AI robots." – Varun Mishra