Son’s remarks came alongside White House science advisor Michael Kratsios, who unveiled a U.S.-led AI research push involving 17 partner nations, from Japan to Germany, at the Kyoto forum.
SoftBank has funneled nearly ₹65 billion into OpenAI, yet the 69‑year‑old billionaire admitted the rapid scaling of models makes safety a top concern.
He warned that superintelligence in the wrong hands could be “super dangerous” and urged countries to build trust before deploying such models, citing recent security breaches that exposed the technology’s volatile potential.
Kratsios detailed that the coalition will focus on automated cloud laboratories, deploying hundreds of experiments simultaneously to accelerate discovery, and the next policy meeting is set for June 10 to draft international governance frameworks.
Son also projected that AI will contribute at least 20% of global GDP—about $46 trillion—by 2040, framing the debate as a race between opportunity and risk.