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MUFJ Bank Adopts Private AI
MUFG Bank (Headquarters: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; President and CEO: Junichi Hanzawa; hereinafter, "the Bank") has officially adopted the data anonymization solution from Toronto, Canada-based Private AI for its MUFG big data platform, "OCEAN."
About this update from Mitsubishi Ufj Financial Group, Inc.
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