At SoftBank’s annual meeting, Masayoshi Son brushed off AI-bubble talk as an insult and asked shareholders for another 10 to 15 years.

SoftBank founder Masayoshi Son sees little merit in orbital data centres, the idea Elon Musk has championed, and says the AI race will be won by compute on Earth.

Masayoshi Son says the AI race will be decided on Earth.

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