The race is on to address the AI chip shortage. SoftBank's Masayoshi Son is the latest tech leader who plans to invest heavily in chip production. Chips are needed to train the complex models that underpin AI — but there's not enough to go around. SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son is the latest tech leader to raise funds to tackle the chip shortage. So too are more speculative ambitions being pursued by both Altman and Son, such as the development of artificial general intelligence.

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Persons: —, Sam Altman, it's, Masayoshi Son, Altman, Son, Ethan Mollick, ” There's, That's, Mark Zuckerberg, ” Mark Zuckerberg, JOSH EDELSON, Son’s Organizations: Service, Tech, Journal, Izanagi, Bloomberg, Kyodo, Stills, Nvidia, Samsung, Intel, ARM Locations: Tokyo