Commentary / Japan Aug 16, 2018
Why AI won't replace doctors yet
by Takamitsu Sawa
IBM's Watson supercomputer lacks one key element that experienced physicians have in abundance — tacit knowledge.
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Business / Tech Aug 9, 2018
New kind of artificial intelligence program takes computer hacking to another level
The nightmare scenario for computer security — artificial intelligence programs that can learn how to evade even the best defenses — may already have arrived. That warning from security researchers is driven home by a team from IBM Corp. who have used the artificial intelligence ...
Business Aug 6, 2018
SoftBank's Masayoshi Son in his own words — all 303,513 of them
by Pavel Alpeyev
Masayoshi Son has a lot going on these days. The SoftBank Group Corp. founder oversees the largest technology fund in history and is putting money into ride-hailing, e-commerce, digital payments, satellites, semiconductors, agriculture and cancer detection — just for starters. How to make sense of it ...
Asia Pacific / Science & Health Jul 29, 2018
Amid Beijing's push to turn the country into an artificial intelligence (AI) powerhouse and embed the technology in all facets of life, some Chinese entrepreneurs are taking the expertise to a new frontier: sex dolls. WMDOLL, one of China's biggest sex doll makers, which is ...
National / Science & Health Jul 22, 2018
Two Japanese national research institutes have succeeded in using artificial intelligence to identify early stage stomach cancer with a high accuracy rate. The breakthrough may help extend the lives of patients in Japan, where stomach cancer is one of the leading causes of death. According ...
Business / Tech Jul 19, 2018
Sony starts taking advance orders for new version of Aibo robot dog
Sony Corp. started accepting advance orders Thursday in Japan for its new artificial intelligence-equipped Aibo robot dog, making it possible for every would-be buyer to own the electric pet amid greater-than-expected demand. In January when Sony released an upgraded version of AIBO — its predecessor ...
Digital | ON: TECH Jul 15, 2018
Stay fresh and ahead of the game
by Chiho Komoriya
Summer activities: a gadget to keep an eye body odor, plus smartphone apps to enhance mahjong and fishing.
Business Jul 13, 2018
Japan's industry ministry launches initiative to support AI projects between startups and big firms
The industry ministry has launched an initiative to support joint artificial intelligence projects between startups and large firms. Twenty projects have already been selected for financial assistance of up to ¥200 million. The ministry hopes that the support will lead to the creation of innovative ...
Business / Tech Jul 5, 2018
New Tokyo research center aims to boost Japan's 'Fourth Industrial Revolution'
by Shusuke Murai
Technology today is advancing — often so fast that society fails to take full advantage of some great innovations due to outdated regulations, says the head of a new research center in Tokyo. The newly established Center for the Fourth Industrial Revolution in the capital ...
World / Science & Health Jun 29, 2018
'Flying brain' CIMON designed to follow German astronaut blasts off Friday
A floating, ball-shaped artificial intelligence robot specially trained to follow around a German astronaut at the International Space Station is scheduled to blast off Friday on its ground-breaking mission. The basketball-size device, called CIMON (Crew Interactive Mobile Companion), was described as a "flying brain" by ...
World / Science & Health Jun 29, 2018
British doctors go on the defensive due to 'high-performing' 'GP at Hand' app
A medical chatbot said to perform as well as or even better than human doctors has sparked a war of words in Britain, in a clash over how much the cash-strapped public health service should rely on artificial intelligence. AI company Babylon, which is already ...
Business / Corporate | IDEAS IN ACTION Jun 28, 2018
AI-equipped recruiter tries to mobilize Japan's static labor market
by Cory Baird
Hiroki Shimada can trace the genesis of his company, Scouty Inc., back to a time when he was on the outside of the job market looking in. During his graduate studies in artificial intelligence at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland, Shimada was surprised to ...