India, Jan. 26 -- From business and research to personal use, AI is rapidly being incorporated into a wide range of fields. However, AI tools versed in local contexts and cultures remain limited. In Japan, the Tokyo-based startup Sakana AI aims to address this gap.

Beginning its activities in January 2024, Sakana AI's team includes a mix of Japanese and international members. They share a vision for creating smaller-scale, flexible AI models based on the ideas of evolution and collective intelligence.

"We want to build AI models that actually understand Japanese context: Japanese culture, Japanese society," says Tarin Clanuwat, a research scientist with Sakana AI. She notes that many of the widely used AI models developed overseas were ...