Tech Giants Are Heading to ASEAN｜テック巨人たちはASEANへ向かう

素材記事： https://www.straitstimes.com/tech/anthropic-looks-to-set-up-shop-in-spore-fill-roles-from-finance-to-product-support
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The trend has continued, hasn’t it? With an eye toward expanding into ASEAN, Silicon Valley’s AI giants have begun opening offices in Singapore one after another. Even the country’s exorbitant cost of living—a major drawback—is no big deal given their fundraising capabilities. So, establishing a base here, where talented professionals from all over Asia who can work in English gather, is the fastest way to go.

Its international expansion into Singapore follows similar moves by companies like OpenAI and Google DeepMind, which have set up labs here to support AI adoption within the local industry and accelerate the development of cutting-edge AI models. Of course, there’s huge potential as a market, but even as a source of data for training large-scale AI language models, the region differs in nature from typical Western countries… For example, just looking at religion, there’s a strong Islamic influence… ASEAN is well-positioned to play a strategic role in AI development. It’s a smart move.

アンソロピックも続きましたね。シリコンバレーのAI巨人たちがASEANでの展開を見据えて、こぞってシンガポールにオフィスを出し始めました。この国のえげつない物価高というマイナス条件も、彼らの資金調達力をもってすれば大したことはないんですよ。だったら、英語で仕事ができる優秀な人材がアジア中から集まるこの地に拠点を作るのが一番早い。

Its international expansion into Singapore follows similar moves made by the likes of OpenAI and Google DeepMind, which have set up labs here to support AI adoption within the local industry and accelerate development of frontier AI models.ですね。市場としてももちろん大きな見込みがありますが、そもそもAIの大規模言語モデルを学習させるためのネタとしても、一般的な西側諸国と性質が違う…例えば 宗教1つとってもイスラム色が濃い…ASEANは、AI開発に関しても十分に戦略的な位置取りができる。賢い動きですね。