TOKYO, Dec. 17, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- UBIC, Inc. (Nasdaq: UBIC ) (TSE: 2158 ), a leading provider of international litigation support and big-data analysis services, announced today that it will use its KIBIT artificial intelligence (AI) engine to support some of the wholesale banking operations of The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd ., including UBIC’s proprietary landscaping technology.
The KIBIT AI engine incorporates human beings’ tacit knowledge and intuitions, and assigns scores to analyzed text data according to relevance. Through this advanced information analysis, it is possible to extract relevant information with higher speed and greater accuracy than from a data search performed by humans.
KIBIT’s scoring results are analyzed by Lit i View AI Sukedachi Samurai, a business data analysis support system, for indications of business risks and opportunities, which, if detected, will be reported as data to the humans running the tests. In this way, KIBIT helps users realize opportunities and mitigate risks.
The introduction of KIBIT by The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd . is intended to help the bank analyze textual data accumulated through some of the bank’s wholesale banking operations. The bank decided to implement this trial introduction because it is expected not only to improve operational efficiency but also to enhance financial services as it relates to resolving customers’ problems and presenting new solutions.
Through this project, UBIC will further improve AI-based services in the field of finance.
KIBIT KIBIT is an AI engine developed by UBIC. KIBIT is a word coined by combining "kibi," a Japanese word meaning "subtlety," and "bit," the smallest unit of digital information, in order to indicate an AI capable of understanding the subtle elements of human behavior and personality.
About UBIC, Inc. UBIC, Inc. (Nasdaq: UBIC ) (TSE: 2158 ) supports the analysis of big data based on behavior informatics by utilizing its technology, "KIBIT". UBIC's KIBIT technology is driven by UBIC AI based on knowledge acquired through its litigation support services. The KIBIT incorporates experts' tacit knowledge, including their experiences and intuitions, and utilizes that knowledge for big data analysis. UBIC continues to expand its business operations by applying KIBIT to new fields such as healthcare and marketing.
UBIC was founded in 2003 as a provider of e-discovery and international litigation support services. These services include the preservation, investigation and analysis of evidence materials contained in electronic data, and computer forensic investigation. UBIC provides e-discovery and litigation support by making full use of its data analysis platform, "Lit i View ® ", and its Predictive Coding technology adapted to Asian languages.
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