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The precarious work of training AI, which generally pays just a few dollars, has sparked a movement for better wages and conditions globally.
BUSINESS / Tech
Oct 18, 2025
Grueling, low-paid human work behind generative AI curtain
The precarious work of training AI has sparked a movement for better wages and conditions stretching from Kenya to Colombia.
The age of sonic AI slop? No studio, no humans at the microphone, not even a recording — yet out comes a lively podcast, banter and all.
LIFE / Digital
Oct 17, 2025
Mass-produced AI podcasts disrupt a fragile industry
Virtual hosts are taking over podcasting, as AI-driven shows multiply and challenge what it means to create — or listen.
Tokyo police believe the man made about 20,000 sexually explicit images of 262 women, such as actors and idols, and amassed sales of ¥1.2 million between October last year and September this year.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 16, 2025
Man held in Japan on suspicion of creating female celeb deepfakes made with AI
It is the first time for police in Japan to crack down on sexual deepfake images of celebrities created using generative artificial intelligence.
Sora 2, a short-form video app made by OpenAI, enables users to create realistic AI videos with text prompts, but critics say that there are insufficient guardrails — from a lack of copyright consideration to families of public figures upset by the reanimation of their loved ones.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 16, 2025
Japan’s government asks OpenAI to seek permission amid Sora 2 copyright concerns
Sora 2 enables users to create realistic AI videos with text prompts, but critics say that there are insufficient guardrails.
Developers work inside the office of AI startup LimeChat in Bengaluru on Aug. 19.
BUSINESS / Tech
Oct 16, 2025
India's IT sector faces seismic shift as AI displaces call-center workers
The outcome of India's gamble carries weight far beyond its borders — a test case for whether embracing AI-driven disruption can elevate an economy or render it a cautionary tale.
Anthropic said its annual revenue run rate is approaching $7 billion this month, but declined to comment on future projections.
BUSINESS / Tech
Oct 16, 2025
Anthropic aims to nearly triple annualized revenue in 2026
The AI startup said its annual revenue run rate is approaching $7 billion this month, but declined to comment on future projections.
CEATEC 2025, a cutting-edge international digital technology exhibition, opened at Makuhari Messe convention center in Chiba on Tuesday.
BUSINESS / Tech
Oct 14, 2025
CEATEC digital tech show kicks off near Tokyo
Companies featuring products and services that utilize artificial intelligence account for more than half of the 810 participants from Japan and abroad.
People walk past a large electronic screen showing the Samsung logo at a train station in Seoul on Tuesday.
BUSINESS / Tech
Oct 14, 2025
Samsung rides global AI boom to its biggest profit since 2022
South Korea’s largest company reported an operating profit of 12.1 trillion won in the September quarter, according to a preliminary earnings report.
U.S. gross domestic product grew in the second quarter at the fastest pace in nearly two years.
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 13, 2025
World economy faces triple risk of tariffs, AI bubble and soaring debt
Such concerns will dominate the annual meetings of the IMF and World Bank in Washington this week.
Saury catches from August to the end of September this year totaled about 28,500 tons — a 2.4-fold increase from the same period last year.
JAPAN
Oct 12, 2025
Japan group to launch AI service for saury size predictions
Since 2020, AI has helped predict likely saury fishing spots based on seawater temperature changes and past fishing records.
A worker waters the site of a rare earth metals mine in Nancheng county, in China's Jiangxi province, in January 2011.
BUSINESS / Economy / FOCUS
Oct 11, 2025
The world’s chip supply chain is bracing for fallout from China’s rare-earth curbs
The restrictions represent the first major attempt by Beijing to exercise long-arm jurisdiction over foreign companies to target the semiconductor industry.
Officials from the Tokyo District Public Prosecutor's Office's special investigation squad conduct a search of Alt's headquarters in Tokyo's Minato Ward on Thursday.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 10, 2025
Former executives of AI developer Alt arrested for window-dressing
The Securities and Exchange Surveillance Commission searched locations related to the company in April over the alleged window-dressing
Japan's top financial leaders are working to ease fears that AI will cost jobs, emphasizing its role in boosting efficiency and transforming work.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 10, 2025
Japan’s top bank CEOs push for AI, soothing worry over human work
In Japan, where the financial sector employs hundreds of thousands of people, the conversation over AI and its impact on work is picking up pace.
An ABB robot at the Sony U.K. Technology Centre in Pencoed, Wales
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 8, 2025
SoftBank to buy ABB’s robotics arm in $5.4 billion deal
The Japanese investment firm agreed to take over a business with more than 7,000 employees, which supplies industrial arms and robots.
Kipp Deveer, CEO of alternative asset management giant Ares Capital, has stressed the importance of being selective and measured when choosing data center investments.
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 8, 2025
Data center boom at risk of overbuilding, says asset management giant Ares
Investments have poured into data center projects as a way to cash in on booming demand for processing power unleashed by the advent of artificial intelligence.
The "Text With Jesus" chatbot app displayed on an iPhone on Oct. 2.
WORLD / Society
Oct 8, 2025
Virtual Jesus? People of faith divided as AI enters religion
Religious chatbots and other faith-based digital tools are growing in number, offering counsel, comfort and spiritual guidance.
Elon Musk’s xAI, which raised about $10 billion of corporate equity and debt earlier this year, still needs billions more given the company has been burning through $1 billion per month.
BUSINESS / Tech
Oct 8, 2025
Nvidia to invest in Musk’s xAI as part of $20 billion funding
The massive capital raise is just the latest for the AI industry, which has seen major tech companies invest to build the infrastructure necessary to develop top AI models.
Masanaga Kageyama, the Japan Football Association's technical director
SOCCER
Oct 8, 2025
Japanese football official sentenced for viewing child sexual abuse images
Masanaga Kageyama, the association's technical director, was arrested last week during a stopover in Paris on the way to Chile to attend the Under-20 World Cup.
Japanese teachers work significantly longer hours than their peers in other countries, with time spent on extracurricular activities being a heavy burden, an OECD study shows.
JAPAN / Society
Oct 7, 2025
Teachers in Japan still work the longest hours, OECD survey finds
Teachers worked an average of over 50 hours per week, but much of it was spent on out-of-classroom work.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman speaks in Washington in July.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 7, 2025
OpenAI signs multibillion dollar chip deal with AMD
The ChatGPT-maker is pushing ahead with an investment spree to secure massive amounts of computing power.
Why I chose Japanese citizenship over permanent residency
Jon Heese (second left) takes part in a 2024 New Year's nihonshu barrel opening ceremony.
Doctrine forms the core of Sanseito’s strategy, with some caveats
Crowds attend a Sanseito rally in the city of Saitama during the Upper House election.
Former PM Tomiichi Murayama dies at age 101
Former Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama speaks during an interview in Tokyo in March 2007.
LDP and Nippon Ishin fine-tuning deal to form coalition
Liberal Democratic Party head Sanae Takaichi (second from right) and Nippon Ishin no Kai co-leader Fumitake Fujita (second from left) meet in Tokyo on Thursday.
Tokyo homebuyers split on purchase plans as living costs soar, survey shows
A survey showed that some potential homebuyers in Tokyo are delaying purchases while others are wary of missing out on opportunities posed by rising home prices.
What does Jimbocho think of its unexpected ‘cool’ status?
Tokyo's Jimbocho neighborhood is a haven for book lovers, its rows of secondhand bookstores spilling over with printed materials.
What you need to see at this year's Tokyo film festival
Chloe Zhao’s "Hamnet"
New film explores how Japan and the U.S. found common ground through baseball
Masanori Murakami became the first MLB player from Japan when he made his debut with the Giants on Sept 1, 1964.
As they wrestle for power, Japan’s political parties must remember their base
Rengo's head Tomoko Yoshino speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Oct. 8.
Sumo is about to hit London and the West with a force previously unseen
Preparations advance on Monday for the Grand Sumo Tournament at the Royal Albert Hall in London.

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