Business Use Cases

OpenAIは、画像生成の結果が表示された後にビジュアル広告を表示する新機能を米国限定で開始した

• •画像生成の結果が表示された後に広告が表示される仕組みである
• •現在この機能は米国でのみ提供されている
• •OpenAIが新しい収益化手段としてビジュアル広告を導入した

The article discusses the growing difficulty for companies to incorporate AI investments into their budget planning.

DNP and DCD launched a brand visibility support service for the generative AI era, utilizing Adobe's 'ABV'.

• •The service utilizes Adobe Inc.'s 'Adobe Brand Visibility (ABV)'.
• •Analyzes mentions and recommendations of a company's brands or products in generative AI responses.
• •Supports improvements in brand visibility based on the analysis results.

NTT Docomo Business explained a new approach to offloading physical AI functions to communication networks and the evolution from IoT.

• •It is noted that embedding all functions for robots and autonomous driving in devices has cost and size limitations.
• •The company proposed offloading physical AI functions to the communication network side.
• •The article examines how the IoT foundation evolves into physical AI through the company's specific initiatives.

Hitachi Solutions Nishi Nihon launched a new service using generative AI to streamline the verification of business regulations for financial institutions.

• •Launched the 'Business Regulation Knowledge Search and Utilization Service' to streamline the verification work performed by financial institution staff.
• •Supports high-precision search of business regulations, as well as document generation and text editing.
• •Promoted as applicable to a wide range of financial institution operations.

NTT Docomo Business and PKT jointly developed an AI system to automate cyber risk management in OT environments.

• •It automates processes from asset visualization to attack risk verification in OT environments controlling facilities like factories and plants.
• •It enables Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM) in OT environments.
• •It continuously visualizes and evaluates cyber risks, supporting countermeasures based on priority.

Gartner research indicates that the largest AI spending category exceeds expenditures on AI services and software.

• •Although generative AI is entering a period of disillusionment, the overall AI market continues to grow.
• •A sector receiving more than double the investment of AI services is identified as the largest AI spending area.
• •The survey highlights specific sectors where spending exceeds that of AI services and software.

A lecture at Cybernet Systems' forum discussed the division of roles between AI agents and humans in CAE analysis.

• •The content of a lecture at the 'CAE University Special Public Forum 2026' hosted by Cybernet Systems was published as an e-booklet.
• •The lecture focused on delegating CAE analysis to AI agents and the roles remaining for humans.
• •Key articles from MONOist were re-edited into an easy-to-read PDF e-booklet.

Neo Japan began providing version 9.7 of its groupware "desknet's NEO," enabling the deployment of the latest LLMs within companies.

• •The new version, "Version 9.7 (V9.7)," with enhanced AI assistant features, has been released.
• •Users can now deploy the latest LLMs, such as ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini, within their organizations via the groupware.
• •The update includes feature enhancements to support the internal deployment of generative AI infrastructure.

Honda R&D presented challenges in AI-driven automotive software development and a case study reducing 190 person-days of work by up to seven times.

• •It was noted that in automotive software development, safety is required, so improving development speed alone does not create value.
• •A speaker from Honda R&D presented real-world challenges in AI-driven development and examples of co-creation with open-source software.
• •As the scope of tasks delegated to AI expands, the location of human evaluation and responsibility, and the design of AI's correct operational structure, are becoming increasingly important.