The CEO of a major Japanese technology company has reversed course on plans to resign. His reasoning: The business needs his guidance before a robotic Rubicon is crossed. Softbank’s Masayoshi ...

But even if you happen to believe in the Singularity, Son's robot apocalypse math doesn't add up. Leading Singularity theorist Ray Kurzweil (who is actually pretty good at predicting technological ...

Singularity — the point when machine intelligence surpasses our own and goes on to improve itself at an exponential rate — will happen by 2047, according to Masayoshi Son, the Japanese tech ...

Masayoshi Son, CEO of SoftBank. Image Credit: Dean Takahashi The Singularity is the day in the future when machine intelligence exceeds all human intelligence combined.

SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son said he believes artificial general intelligence (AGI), artificial intelligence that surpasses human intelligence in almost all areas, will be realized within 10 years.

Saudi Arabia ($45 billion) and Abu Dhabi (Mubadala, $15 billion) have invested a total of $60 billion of their oil generated funds info Softbank Masayoshi Son’s Vision Fund. Masayoshi has been selling ...

Masayoshi Son is raising a $100 billion Vision Fund and is rapidly investing in startups, doing deals with established companies and buying out larger companies. Masayohshi is already talking about a ...

SoftBank’s founder Masayoshi Son talked about preparing his company for the next 300 years and used futuristic jargon such as “singularity,” “Internet of Things” and “superintelligence ...

For SoftBank founder Masayoshi Son, $100 billion just isn't enough. Months after setting up one of the biggest tech funds in the world, the Japanese billionaire says he is keen to launch another ...

Softbank leader Masayoshi Son expects spreading computing smarts everywhere will improve our lives and even lead to the next step in human evolution. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to ...