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COMPUTERS

Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 1, 2023
Ukraine war may become a proving ground for AI
AI and quantum computing could revolutionize offensive operations and, perhaps more important, logistics.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
May 26, 2023
Winning without fighting? Why China is exploring 'cognitive warfare.'
The term refers to operations based on tech such as AI aimed at influencing the minds of adversaries, thereby creating a strategically favorable environment.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 3, 2023
The promise and peril of generative AI
To ensure that artificial intelligence delivers widely shared benefits, we must heed the lessons of the last wave of digital innovation.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Apr 29, 2023
Behind EU lawmakers' challenge to rein in ChatGPT and generative AI
Interviews reveal for the first time how over just 11 days a small group of politicians hammered out legislation that could reshape the regulatory landscape for OpenAI and its competitors.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 24, 2023
First real-world study showed generative AI boosted worker productivity by 14%
Lower-skilled workers benefited the most: With the assistance of AI, a firm’s least-skilled workers were able to get their work done 35% faster.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 10, 2023
The idiocy that will come with a reliance on AI
The real danger with AI is not that people will mistake a chatbot for a real person, it is that communicating with them will make real persons talk like chatbots.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Apr 2, 2023
Humans versus machines: The fight to copyright AI art
Many artists and companies that own creative content fiercely oppose granting copyrights to AI owners or users.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 31, 2023
There's no such thing as artificial intelligence
The term artificial intelligence breeds misunderstanding and helps its creators avoid culpability for mistakes.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Feb 18, 2023
Angry Bing chatbot just mimicking humans, say experts
Microsoft's nascent Bing chatbot turning testy or even threatening is likely because it essentially mimics what it learned from online conversations, analysts and academics have said.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech / FOCUS
Feb 18, 2023
ASML’s big bet on China is starting to backfire over data thefts
After new revelations about data theft linked to China, questions are now mounting over the risks associated with doing business with the country as calls for new controls grow.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 8, 2023
Raises for retail workers won't protect them from automation
Increasing wages at Walmart and its competitors is a positive move, but automation is reducing jobs and the hours staff are needed.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 8, 2023
Microsoft's Bing search engine and Edge browser to use AI in challenge to Google
The tech giant expects every percentage point of search market share gained to bring in another $2 billion in advertising revenue.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 5, 2023
AI is improving faster than most humans realize
Technologies such as ChatGPT will profoundly change the economy and other aspects of life, but they are getting better so quickly that it’s impossible to say how.
Japan Times
EDITORIALS
Feb 3, 2023
Technology is forcing drastic change on the auto industry
The auto industry has undergone periods of change, but none as wrenching as the current movement toward EVs and the need for advanced computer technology.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 2, 2023
Seeing is believing? A global scramble to tackle deepfakes
Most countries appear to be struggling to keep up with the fast-evolving technology amid concerns that regulation could stymie innovation or curtail free speech.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 1, 2023
ChatGPT sounds exactly like us. How is that a good thing?
For 70 years, programmers have tried to make computers more like people. Now they’ve succeeded — sort of.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 23, 2023
ChatGPT and sympathy for the algorithm
The year 2022 will be seen as when artificial intelligence gained street credibility with the release of ChatGPT, a new AI chatbot.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 3, 2023
Actually, it has been a wonderful year for tech’s future
Things looked bleak for the technology sector in 2022. Yet progress across the board gives reason to be optimistic about the coming few years.
Two of America’s biggest debt holders are dumping Treasurys
The U.S. Treasury building in Washington. Investors in Japan and China sold a pile of U.S. debt in the last quarter, just before the U.S. presidential election.
Ishiba aggravates his own political failures with diplomatic faux pas
Prime Minster Shigeru Ishiba is greeted at the APEC summit in Lima by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday. The Japanese leader was criticized for remaining seated while meeting several world leaders at the event.
Japan's 3.31 million visitors in October set monthly record
Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto in December 2023. Famous autumn leaf colors contributed to increased tourism demand last month from many markets across Asia, Europe and North America, the Japan National Tourism Organization has said.
Japan ranks last in romance satisfaction for second straight year
In a survey of 31 countries, Japan ranked last in terms of those who felt loved, with just 51% of respondents saying so.
Ruling coalition and DPP strike last-minute deal over economic policy
DPP policy chief Makoto Mahaguchi speaks at the party's policy gathering in Tokyo on Wednesday.
Japan, U.K. and Italy discuss inviting more countries to joint fighter project
A new concept model of a next-generation fighter jet to be jointly developed by Japan, Britain and Italy is on display in Farnborough, Hampshire, in July.
Haruki Murakami's 'The City and Its Uncertain Walls' gives deep deja vu
For “The City and Its Uncertain Walls,” translated into English by Philip Gabriel, Haruki Murakami confronts the ghosts who won't leave him alone.
Japanese expats in Asia find community through rugby
The Taiwan Fivewoods celebrate their victory at the 2023 Asian Japanese Rugby Cup in December of last year.
In Fukushima, a weekend of prose, poetry and translation
Aomori-based writer JJ Carter presented on tabletop gaming as creative inspiration for building characters and narratives.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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Construction takes place on the Takanawa Gateway Convention Center in Tokyo, slated to open in 2025.
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