Microsoftcooperation with JapanHitachi, Ltd.The company has signed a three-year partnership agreement to work together on a number of cloud computing projects utilizing generative AI technology to drive innovation in areas such as data center security and sustainability. Under the agreement, Hitachi will integrate Microsoft's AI and cloud services into its digital solutions business, Lumada.
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Specifically, Lumada will receive support for open AI models through Microsoft cloud services such as Azure OpenAI Service to improve customers' ability to build digital solutions. At the same time, Lumada will also receive support for GitHub C o p i l o to assist developers with coding tasks and improve productivity through C o p i l o for Microsoft365.
This joint generative AI program is predicted to enable Lumada to realize up to $18.9 billion in revenue by 2024. Currently, Hitachi's Lumada is already achieving success in accelerating IT response times with Microsoft's generative AI. In addition, Hitachi plans to utilize Microsoft's C o p i l o solutions to improve employee productivity by training employees to use generative AI solutions, including a range of Microsoft services. In addition, the Japanese company will utilize Azure OpenAI Service to improve customer service efforts using multimodal base models such as GPT-4o.
In addition to the above collaborations, Hitachi's railroad business is already running generative AI predictive maintenance tools on Microsoft Azure. Microsoft's CEO Satya Nadella said:- "We're entering a new era of AI that will deliver on the promise of transformative business outcomes by delivering in every role across every industry." He added that Microsoft's expanded partnership with Hitachi will integrate the power of Microsoft's cloud computing, including Microsoft C o p i l o t , with Hitachi's industry expertise to improve the productivity of Hitachi's 270,000 employees and help solve customers'maximumChallenges, including sustainable development issues.