Users say Microsoft’s Bing chatbot gets defensive and testy

Tokyo, 17 February, /AJMEDIA/ Microsoft’s fledgling Bing chatbot can go off the rails at times, denying obvious facts and chiding users, according to exchanges being shared online by developers testing… Read more

AirTag harassment victims unconvinced by Apple’s fixes

Tokyo, 16 February, /AJMEDIA/ Originally designed as a solution for the absent-minded, the AirTag digital tracking sensor is also sometimes employed for a more sinister function, with manufacturer Apple now… Read more

Amazon’s Zoox robotaxis take to California roads

Tokyo, 15 February, /AJMEDIA/ The Amazon subsidiary Zoox said its self-driving vehicles with no manual controls took to California public roads over the past weekend, calling it a major breakthrough… Read more

Twitter’s plan to charge for crucial tool prompts outcry

Tokyo, 14 February, /AJMEDIA/ In the aftermath of the devastating earthquake in Turkey and Syria, thousands of volunteer software developers have been using a crucial Twitter tool to comb the… Read more

TSMC chip giant spurs factory land shortage in small Kyushu town

Tokyo, 13 February, /AJMEDIA/ As Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co prepares to launch production in the rural town of Kikuyo in Kumamoto Prefecture, a shortage of industrial land is threatening to… Read more

Tokyo to host City-Tech Tokyo, one of the world’s largest events for city-tech startups

Tokyo, 12 February, /AJMEDIA/ With Tokyo’s startup ecosystem achieving high global rankings (#12 on Startup Genome, #15 on StartupBlink) and Japanese startups attracting significant investment capital, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government… Read more

Fakery and fraud: Energy scammers cast ‘wide net’ on Facebook

Tokyo, 11 February, /AJMEDIA/ A Filipino consumer fumes as she rips open a portable charger to discover she has been conned — the batteries are choked with sand, making her… Read more

NTT, University of Tokyo develop world’s first optical computing AI using algorithm inspired by human brain

Tokyo, 11 February, /AJMEDIA/ NTT Corporation and the University of Tokyo have devised a new learning algorithm inspired by the information processing of the brain that is suitable for multi-layered… Read more

EU calls out Twitter for incomplete disinformation report

Tokyo, 10 February, /AJMEDIA/ Twitter failed to provide a full report to the European Union on its efforts to combat online disinformation, drawing a rebuke Thursday from top officials of… Read more

Microsoft fuses ChatGPT-like tech into search engine Bing

Tokyo, 9 February, /AJMEDIA/ Microsoft is fusing ChatGPT-like technology into its search engine Bing, transforming an internet service that now trails far behind Google into a new way of communicating… Read more