{"id":53748,"date":"2026-07-06T07:40:58","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T07:40:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/53748\/"},"modified":"2026-07-06T07:40:58","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T07:40:58","slug":"japans-tech-business-softbank-rolls-out-openai-patches-against-cyberattacks-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/53748\/","title":{"rendered":"Japan’s tech business SoftBank rolls out OpenAI ‘patches’ against cyberattacks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

TOKYO (AP) \u2014 Japanese technology giant SoftBank Group Corp.<\/a> is launching a service using OpenAI<\/a> technology to protect against the looming threat of cyberattacks, both companies said Tuesday. <\/p>\n

Chief Executive Masayoshi Son called Japan’<\/a> s vulnerability to cyberattacks “a crisis,” comparing it to a potential assault by machine guns instead of the rifle shots of the past. <\/p>\n

SoftBank will offer “a patching service,” targeting the nation’s top 3,000 companies behind crucial infrastructure like airports, power systems and transportation, Son said. <\/p>\n

“I feel it is our duty,” Son said, repeatedly referring to the criminal attackers as “the bad guys.” <\/p>\n

The service involves first diagnosing any weaknesses to attacks, and then analyzing what needs to be done to patch up such “holes,” Son said. <\/p>\n

Sam Altman, chief of OpenAI<\/a>, was scheduled to attend the launch, but instead appeared only in a short video. He said he couldn’t make it because his baby daughter was born earlier than expected. Mark Chen, OpenAI’s chief researcher, was present in his place. <\/p>\n

SoftBank and OpenAI, behind the popular chatbot ChatGPT, set up a 50:50 joint venture named SB OAI Japan last year to develop and exclusively market an AI service for the Japanese market. <\/p>\n

Tuesday’s announcement was a key update, highlighting the rollout. No monetary value was announced. But SoftBank said everyone who came to the presentation in Tokyo Tuesday can apply for a free diagnosis. <\/p>\n

The use of AI has caused the number of attacks to balloon exponentially and grow more complex, meaning defenses have had to become more AI-savvy and versatile. <\/p>\n

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Yuri Kageyama is on Threads: https:\/\/www.threads.com\/@yurikageyama<\/a> <\/p>\n

Yuri Kageyama, The Associated Press <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TOKYO (AP) \u2014 Japanese technology giant SoftBank Group Corp. is launching a service using OpenAI technology to protect…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":53749,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[175],"tags":[217,215,32795,8,214,216,250,14570,35837],"class_list":["post-53748","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business","tag-business-of-japan","tag-cyberattacks","tag-japan","tag-japans-business","tag-japanese-business","tag-masayoshi-son","tag-softbank-group","tag-technology-giant"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53748","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53748"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53748\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53749"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53748"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53748"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53748"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}