HP Japan disclosed the activities of its Hybrid AI Promotion Committee and reported on the event's results, focusing on the announcement of the new EliteBook 8 G2iW 14. The presentation emphasized AI-related solutions and edge processing.
At the keynote of the Future of Work AI Conference 2026, held in Tokyo by HP Japan, Okado Nobuki (岡戸伸樹) discussed the importance of estimating inference processing at the edge and generating results, while the company introduced the activities of its Hybrid AI Promotion Committee. The committee works with domestic partner companies, and the event also touched on results such as improved operational efficiency through the implementation of AI in the field at companies such as OMRON. The central theme of the event was the use of AI to generate business results.
The EliteBook 8 G2iW 14 was presented as a new product at the event, with its sub-1 kg weight and MIL-spec durability highlighted. HP positioned the notebook PC as a core component of solutions for connecting the edge and cloud and for business in the AI era.
Gagan Singh (Gagan Singh), who was also present, cited rising token costs and the risk of confidential information leaking to the cloud as barriers to AI adoption. He described HP's 3 pillars as faster edge processing, Trusted AI Edge, Ambient Personal AI and Vertical AI Applications, and explained the company's policy of redefining the PC as a personal-intelligence companion through the use of HP IQ and WXP.