UBTech won an $18 million tender from the Guangxi regional government in October to supply a training center in Liuzhou with humanoid robots, where trainers using headsets and handheld controllers gui…
Kioxia Holdings plans to build a third chipmaking plant at its site in Iwate Prefecture, Japan, with manufacturing partner Sandisk, to produce high-density 3D flash memory chips for AI workloads. The …
At the World AI Conference in Shanghai, hundreds of humanoid robots from companies like Yunmu Intelligent Manufacturing drew large crowds with lifelike appearances and choreographed demos, but most st…
China has built dozens of data centers in the rural southwestern province of Guizhou, including Huawei's largest, as part of a government strategy to power AI development by relocating digital infrast…
Accelerated Understanding, co-founded by Anima Anandkumar and Benedikt Jenik, launched an AI model that processes 5 trillion data points in a single prompt, about 5 million times more than Anthropic a…
Vanguard forecasts U.S. gross domestic product growth of 3% in 2027, higher than other professional forecasts, driven by AI's potential to shift the economy's growth trajectory. The asset manager says…
The Japanese government on Tuesday adopted guiding principles urging generative AI operators to disclose an outline of their training data and methods, aiming to boost transparency and protect intelle…
Japanese companies are deploying AI and sensor technology to boost indoor farming efficiency as the country's farmer numbers fall from about 2.05 million in 2010 to about 980,000 in 2026. Oishii Farm,…
SoftBank Group plans a record ¥1 trillion ($6.3 billion) retail bond sale in Japan, with 7-year bonds expected to be priced on Sept. 4 at an indicative coupon range of 4.3% to 4.9%, to fund its invest…
Fujifilm Holdings opened a new fabrication building in Oita Prefecture to triple production of post-CMP cleaners, investing ¥7 billion ($44 million) to capture AI-driven semiconductor demand. The Toky…
Japan's education minister Yohei Matsumoto asked the Central Council for Education to consider how to appropriately use artificial intelligence in schools, amid concerns that overreliance could reduce…
Anthropic, the developer of the Claude AI model, expects to match or exceed the size of SpaceX's record-setting IPO, which raised $75 billion initially and $86.2 billion with overallotment, according …
More than 30% of people changed their stance on ethical dilemmas after receiving a rebuttal from ChatGPT, according to a study in Japan. The research, which highlights AI's influence on moral judgment…
At an AI film festival in Tokyo last month, an 11-minute short from a child's perspective won the audience's heart, while the festival's winner was an animated tale about a man with a facial disfigure…
Chinese AI video-generation models now dominate the global leaderboard, occupying nine of the top 10 text-to-video systems on Artificial Analysis, with ByteDance, MiniMax Group, Alibaba Group Holding,…
Japan's government panel approved a plan to require AI firms to disclose training data under a 'principle code' for generative AI businesses, aiming to protect intellectual property rights. The code, …
SoftBank Group invested $200 million in Gravis Robotics, a Zurich-based startup developing autonomous software for construction machinery, in a Series A round announced Monday. The investment follows …
Microsoft has shut at least 15 branch offices and joint ventures in China over the past five years, according to corporate filings, and five company sources described a strategy of retreat, with one e…
Rakuten Group is collaborating with defense AI startup Helsing to bring the German company's military drones to Japan, with the Ground Self-Defense Force conducting field tests through the end of Sept…
AI-generated wildlife images are endangering animals and people, experts warn, as fact-checkers debunk scores of synthetic visuals circulating on social media. A September study in Conservation Biolog…