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SoftBank Group aims for self-proliferating AI agent system

Japanese technology giant SoftBank Group says it aims to create a system enabling artificial intelligence to develop another, more efficient AI model. That's through using AI agents which can perform tasks without human input. Chairman and CEO Son Masayoshi said such a system would be the world's first in which AI agents proliferate by themselves. Son said the age when humans program artificial intelligence is coming to an end "before our eyes." He added, "Our group is in the process of replacing programming by humans with that of AI agents." Son said he aims to create one billion types of AI agents in his group by the end of this year. The company says it is developing them to handle tasks such as schedule management, business negotiations and the preparation of documents for meetings. Japanese electronics firms Fujitsu and NEC are also developing AI agents.