115 articles
Japan
OpenAI arrives in Asia with inaugural Tokyo office
OpenAI has opened an office in Japan, marking a significant step in its global expansion efforts. Key points: ...
Carl Samson
Technology
Meta’s AI finally imagines an Asian man and a white woman together
After drawing criticism over the past week, Meta’s AI image generation tool is finally able to spawn images of an Asian man and a white woma...
Issues & Racism
Meta’s AI image generator can’t put an Asian man and a white woman together
Significant limitations in Meta’s AI-powered image generator have been exposed, particularly in its inability to produce images of an ...
Entertainment
Big Ocean, first hearing-impaired K-pop group, set for debut
South Korea is set to unveil its first-ever hearing-impaired K-pop group, Big Ocean, this month. Key points: ...
Bryan Ke
Study
AI beats humans in creative potential, study finds
A study has found that artificial intelligence — specifically ChatGPT-4 — surpasses humans in creative tasks, challenging the long-held noti...
Health
Nvidia creates $9-an-hour AI ‘agents’ that outperform human nurses
Tech firm Nvidia has collaborated with Hippocratic AI to develop generative AI “agents” for healthcare that purportedly outperform human nur...
Michelle De Pacina
Asia
Watch: Robot dog plays with real dog in India
A video showing a robot dog created by an Indian tech company interacting with real dogs at a tech festival in India has gone viral on Insta...
China
Grieving Chinese families are paying to ‘resurrect’ dead loved ones using AI
Grieving families in China are increasingly turning to artificial intelligence (AI) firms, seeking to create digital replicas of deceased lo...
Ryan General
Uncategorized
Watch: China’s state TV debuts its first AI-generated cartoon series
China’s state TV recently debuted the country’s first animation series made with artificial intelligence (AI) technology. Key points: ...
Chinese vlogger sparks outrage for using AI to ‘resurrect’ Coco Lee, Godfrey Gao
A Chinese vlogger has sparked outrage among Chinese social media users by posting videos featuring the late Chinese American singer Coco Lee...
This 16-year-old is building AI apps that could revolutionize healthcare
A 16-year-old high school student from Palo Alto, California, has gained widespread recognition for utilizing AI to build applications that ...
Social Media
Taiwanese musician taps AI to bring back late daughter for her mom’s birthday
A Taiwanese musician harnessed artificial intelligence (AI) to digitally recreate his deceased daughter to deliver a message for her mother&...
Business
Chinese engineer charged with stealing Google’s AI trade secrets
A former Google software engineer has been charged with stealing the tech giant’s trade secrets to benefit two China-based companies seeking...
Ukrainian woman gets deepfaked to find Chinese husbands, sell Russian goods
A Ukrainian YouTuber is exposing the horrors of deepfakes on Chinese social media after learning that her image has been extensively cloned ...
Uber Eats’ little green robots begin delivering food in Tokyo
Uber Eats Japan deployed its little green robot delivery service in Tokyo on Wednesday, making Japan the second country to receive the deliv...
China developing its own version of OpenAI’s text-to-video model
A group of researchers and artificial intelligence (AI) experts are collaborating to develop China’s response to Sora, OpenAI’s highly antic...
Feature
Google CEO slams AI diversity errors as ‘completely unacceptable’
In a leaked memo, Google CEO Sundar Pichai said recent errors made by the company’s Gemini image generator, which some critics alleged...
Mark Zuckerberg discusses AI risks with Japan PM Fumio Kishida
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg discussed artificial intelligence (AI) with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Tuesday during a stop on his o...
Government
How Japan is using AI to address population decline and boost marriage numbers
Japan is turning to artificial intelligence (AI) in a nationwide effort to reverse the trend of dwindling marriage numbers and bolster its p...
Media
Filipino journalist creates AI tool to detect stories in government audit reports
A Filipino journalist has created a custom GPT tool to aid investigative reporters in finding potential stories in government audit reports ...
Food
Japan’s oldest bakery creates ‘romance bread’ using AI to inspire romantic feelings
Kimuraya, Japan’s oldest bakery, is using AI to create “romance bread” to capture the essence of romantic feelings. About the AI bread...
Young Chinese women are resorting to AI boyfriends for better communication
Young Chinese women are increasingly turning to AI boyfriends, appreciating their chatbot companions’ ability to communicate better than a r...
China introduces the world’s first ‘AI child’
Chinese scientists recently announced the creation of the world’s first “artificial intelligence child.” What she does: Unveiled at the Fron...
Japanese literary award winner admits getting help from ChatGPT
A Japanese author has opened up about getting help from ChatGPT shortly after winning one of the country’s most prestigious literary awards....
Film & TV
Studio Ghibli fans reject ‘live action’ AI renditions of ‘Spirited Away’ characters
Fans of Studio Ghibli are rallying against artificial intelligence (AI) images of the iconic anime film “Spirited Away” that recently went v...
Japanese researchers create AI models to screen for Alzheimer’s disease
Japanese researchers successfully developed machine learning models to predict elevated levels of brain amyloid beta (Aβ), a key indicator o...
Japanese scientists use AI to create world’s first images from brain activity
Japanese scientists have successfully utilized AI to vividly create images of objects and landscapes based on human brain activity for the f...
Grieving Chinese family uses artificial intelligence to ‘resurrect’ dead son
A man in eastern China has sought help from artificial intelligence firms to digitally bring back his son who passed away in 2022. About the...
AI helps family reunite with son abducted 25 years ago
An AI program that uses a facial comparison algorithm has reportedly helped a family in China reunite with their long-lost son. The reunion:...
Chinese scientists develop AI robot that could make oxygen on Mars
Previous studies have established the existence of large amounts of water on Mars, most of which exist in the form of ice ...
Boba fuels OpenAI execs on long day of Sam Altman talks
More than a dozen cups of boba reportedly kept leaders at OpenAI going as discussions over the fate of ousted chief executive Sam Altman dra...
AI revives ancient Chinese practice of checking tongue to diagnose diseases
Artificial intelligence is backing the accuracy of the ancient Chinese medical practice of looking at a patient’s tongue to diagnose disease...
Japanese tea company uses AI model to promote new drink line
Japanese tea brand Ito En is using an AI-generated spokesmodel to promote its new line of drinks in a move that some see as safeguarding the...
Meta pays millions for celebs including Naomi Osaka, Kendall Jenner for AI chatbots: report
Social media giant Meta reportedly paid millions of dollars to over two dozen celebrities, including Naomi Osaka, MrBeast and Dwayne Wade, i...
News
Sony researchers uncover bias against skin with yellow hues in AI algorithms
The study posits that standardized skin tone scales fail to capture the full spectrum of human skin diversity as they ignore the nuanced con...
Tesla, Nissan, Kia among worst-ranked car brands in new consumer privacy report
Nissan and Kia were notable for explicitly mentioning that they collect information related to users’ sexual activity in their privacy...