but the firm's director analyst mikako kitagawa says growing geopolitical tensions could impact the industrye are a lot of uncertainties and also the potential risk of geopolitical situation which will affect the global economy. but we do not think that that itself will immediately affect the pc demand. let's go further. artificial intelligence has been the theme across sectors. how do you see that playing a role when it comes to pc demand? the bottom line is we do not think that al is not going to increase the additional demand. ai is coming to pcs but the big question is that, our concern in the business is going to buy pcs because ai is in it? the answer is no, but that maybe some people got really excited and then buy it. and some people can see the benefit. but i really don't think that because of the ai in pcs then they are going to shorten their life cycle. for instance, if pcs are only three or two years old, you can still use it. but ai pcs coming into the market, are you going to buy it? probably not. that's really a bottom line for us. let's go to the united states, where ford mot