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Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
May 2, 2023
What exactly are the dangers posed by AI?
A recent letter calling for a moratorium on AI development blends real threats with speculation. But concern is growing among experts.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
May 2, 2023
Scientists use brain scans and AI to 'decode' thoughts
While the main goal is to help people who have lost the ability to communicate, the research raises concerns about 'mental privacy.'
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
May 2, 2023
Samsung bans staff’s AI use after spotting ChatGPT data leak
The company is concerned that data transmitted to such artificial intelligence platforms including Google Bard and Bing is stored on external servers, making it hard to retrieve and delete.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
May 1, 2023
AI chatbots have been used to create dozens of news content farms
Each of the sites analyzed published at least one article containing an error message commonly found in AI-generated text.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 1, 2023
Tech to drive job changes for quarter of all workers over five years
Global labor markets are poised for a new era of turbulence as technologies like artificial intelligence accelerate the decline of clerical work.
BUSINESS / Tech
Apr 30, 2023
G7 digital ministers agree to pursue responsible AI as ChatGPT booms
They also agreed to promote secure and smooth cross-border data flows — one of Japan’s key goals for the two-day meeting — as more countries look to tighten regulations on the flow of data.
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 28, 2023
Japan looks to enable cross-border data flows at G7 tech meeting
The meeting in Gunma Prefecture is also expected to discuss the use of generative AI applications, such as ChatGPT, and how they should be governed.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Apr 26, 2023
Inside Meta's scramble to catch up on AI
Despite high-profile investments in AI research, Meta had been slow to adopt expensive AI-friendly hardware and software systems, hobbling its ability to keep pace with innovation.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Apr 26, 2023
IT firm taps power of ChatGPT with tech-led Tokyo bookstore
For Freee, which provides cloud-based applications to manage back-office tasks, opening a bookstore marked an opportunity to experiment with an unconventional business strategy.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 25, 2023
China says chatbots must toe the party line
The Communist Party outlined draft rules that would set guardrails on the rapidly growing industry of services like ChatGPT.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Apr 24, 2023
YouTube case at U.S. Supreme Court could shape protections for AI
Its ruling could influence the emerging debate over whether companies that develop generative AI chatbots should be protected from legal claims like defamation or privacy violations.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 24, 2023
Dreams of replacing humans in finance may come true
We’re a long way from AI taking over Wall Street, but two credible studies suggest there’s no reason to think it can’t.
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
WORLD
Apr 24, 2023
The future of AI relies on a high school teacher’s free database
Working with volunteers, Christoph Schuhmann was both inspired and concerned that AI platforms could encourage big tech to make more data proprietary.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Apr 23, 2023
German magazine fires editor over AI-generated Schumacher interview
The seven-time F1 champion's family maintains strict privacy about the former driver's condition following his 2013 skiing accident, with access limited to those closest to him.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Apr 22, 2023
The researchers aiming to foresee — and prevent — war
The goal is to create a system for anticipating events years and even decades in advance — and then advise decision-makers on how to move toward better long-term outcomes.
Japan Times
EDITORIALS
Apr 21, 2023
The promise and peril of AI take shape and demand action
The world must now begin to understand and properly exploit AI while minimizing to the best of its ability the dangers it poses.
JAPAN
Apr 20, 2023
Yokosuka becomes Japan's first city to use ChatGPT for administrative tasks
Roughly 4,000 municipal employees at Yokosuka’s city office began using the artificial intelligence-powered chatbot for a one-month trial in an effort to improve operations.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Apr 20, 2023
The next arms race: China leverages AI for edge in future wars
China already produces the most top AI scientists, with the country hosting the first nine of the world’s top 10 institutions publishing AI-related papers.

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