AI

Business / Corporate Sep 11, 2020

ByteDance poised to miss U.S. deadline for TikTok sale as China intervenes

New regulations Beijing posted in late August prohibit the export of certain artificial intelligence technologies that TikTok uses.

National / Science & Health Sep 5, 2020

Japan looks to AI as coronavirus challenges quality control mantra

by Naomi Tajitsu - Makiko Yamazaki

A rethink of the factory floor has been prompted by COVID-19, leading to an increased use of robots in manufacturing.

Business / Tech Aug 29, 2020

Elon Musk wants YOU to build a brain-computer interface

Elon Musk isn't content with electric cars, shooting people into orbit, populating Mars and building underground tunnels to solve traffic problems. He also wants to get inside your brain. His startup, Neuralink, wants to one day implant computer chips inside the human brain. The goal ...

Business / Corporate Aug 19, 2020

Komehyo to introduce AI-based used goods appraisal system

Komehyo Co., a Japanese recycle store operator, said Tuesday it will introduce an artificial intelligence-based system to appraise used brand goods. The system can tell whether an item is fake and identify the model number of a genuine item using pictures taken with a microscope ...

World / Science & Health Aug 3, 2020

Scientists inspired by 'Star Wars' create artificial skin able to feel

Singapore researchers have developed "electronic skin" capable of recreating a sense of touch, an innovation they hope will allow people with prosthetic limbs to detect objects, as well as feel texture, or even temperature and pain. The device, dubbed ACES, or Asynchronous Coded Electronic Skin, ...

Business / Tech Jul 24, 2020

Japan's virus-hit apparel makers try AI to find next trendy colors and designs

Companies are analyzing data collected from customers and social media sites to predict what they'll want to wear sooner.

National | FOCUS Jul 24, 2020

Talks on rules for AI-based weapons hit snags

Japan has already declared that it will not develop any fully autonomous weapons, and Tokyo hopes to lead efforts to compile international rules to regulate them.

Business / Tech Jul 19, 2020

Japanese robot to clock in at a convenience store in test of retail automation

by Tim Kelly

FamilyMart hopes to have robots working in 20 stores around Tokyo by 2022.

Business / Tech Jul 6, 2020

Japan restaurateur looks to AI-based management to stay ahead of curve in virus-battered industry

by Osamu Tsukimori

Entrepreneur sees a chance for AI-based program to thrive if industry abandons its low-margin, high-turnover business model.

World / Social Issues Jul 5, 2020

U.S. police brutality protests highlight concerns AI tech reinforces racial bias

A wave of protests over law enforcement abuses has highlighted concerns over artificial intelligence programs like facial recognition that critics say may reinforce racial bias. While the protests have focused on police misconduct, activists point out flaws that may lead to unfair applications of technologies ...