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The candidate selected for this position will be responsible for research and development in the areas of speech-based large language modeling, speaker diarization, or general audio understanding with state-of-the-art AI/ML technologies, to contribute to Sony's businesses such as games, films, music and other products and services. Further, extending the model to real-time streaming capabilities or to audio-visual multi-modality can also fall within the scope.\nResponsibilities\n Responsibilities include the investigation and utilization of complex engineering and mathematical principles to develop core technologies, compose algorithmic structures, and find solutions to problems. 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