SoftBank’s Son to Tout AI Health-Care in Rare Public Showing

SoftBank Group Corp. founder Masayoshi Son will sketch out plans to bring AI-infused medical care to Japan, making a rare public appearance to drive home his resurgent ambitions in artificial intelligence.

Son will host a Thursday panel discussion with doctors and other medical professionals on ways to harness AI within their industry, SoftBank said in a statement. The billionaire investor is expected in particular to talk about its venture with Tempus AI Inc., a US startup it backed that analyzes medical data.

Masayoshi Son on June 20.

Photographer: Kosuke Okahara/Bloomberg

It’s a rare ad-hoc media briefing by Son, who had been limiting his public appearances to ...