Japan Wut Podcast 225 "African Hometowns for AI Space Surveillance"

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Japan Wut Podcast dives deep! Is JICA’s Africa Hometown project AI surveillance or geopolitical chess vs. BRICS? Discover Japan’s LLMs like tsuzumi & CALM3 battling Big Tech. JPYC stablecoin: freedom or control for your wallet? Tune in for Japan’s tech & global moves!

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Show Notes

• CyberAgent’s CALM3-22B-Chat: Open-Source Japanese LLM for Developers

• Rakuten AI: Empowering the Rakuten Ecosystem

• Sarashina2-7B: SB Intuitions’ Japanese Language Model

• Japan Scrambles to Refute Claims It Is Bringing in a ‘Flood’ of Africans

• TICAD9: Marrying African Ingenuity with Japan’s Technological Strength

• Degas Limited Pledges $100M to Make Ghana Africa's First AI-Powered Agricultural Hub

• SPACE SHIFT - Satellite Analytics Solutions for Agriculture

• China’s Massive Belt and Road Initiative

• Russia’s Growing Footprint in Africa

• Japan Isn't Fulfilling Its Sustainability Potential. How Do We Encourage Better Investment?

• Circle’s USDC Lands in Japan with SBI

• Ripple’s RLUSD Targets Japan by 2026

• Japanese Banking Giant SMBC Plans Avalanche Stablecoin

JAPAN WUT PODCAST 221 "The New Fabians" with Michael Yon

Michael Yon Substack https://substack.com/@michaelyon
Michael Yon, former Green Beret & war correspondent, connects the dots between Zero Borders Activism in Nagasaki, anthropological warfare, Fabian Tactics, Thailand-Cambodia conflict, China’s Belt and Road, Oligarchical Systems and more!

Michael Yon is a former Green Beret, author, and war correspondent with over two decades of experience reporting from conflict zones across more than 100 countries. His work focuses on unfiltered, on-the-ground perspectives, covering complex issues like global insurgencies, migration, and geopolitical conflicts. Today, we’ll discuss his insights from the frontlines.

JAPAN WUT PODCAST 198 "YOUR A.I. AGENT COMETH"

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How will AI agents flooding the corporations affect the way we work? Can Japan’s small scale startups compete? What do we know about China’s new secret submarine’s role in the Supply Chain War?

SHOW NOTES

SUPPLY CHAIN WAR

New Unreported Submarine In China Leaves West Guessing

Panama: Will not renew agreement with China on Belt and Road initiative

Trump says the US will take over the Gaza Strip

Greenland PM calls election with Trump pressure mounting

Exclusive: Japan weighs Alaska LNG pipeline pledge to win Trump's favour

JAPAN SOCIETY 5.0

OpenAI and SoftBank Group partner to provide cutting-edge enterprise AI "Crystal Intelligence" in Japan, ahead of the rest of the world

JetBrains also announced "Junie," an AI agent that codes autonomously.

Geniee Group company JAPAN AI Co., Ltd. starts offering AI agent "Slide Creation Assistant"

"Rimo Voice" becomes a meeting AI agent

AVILEN starts offering a highly accurate document processing AI agent, aiming to significantly reduce manual work and improve productivity

SoftBank Group plans to deploy hundreds of millions of AI agents -- new business with OpenAI and enterprise AI

OpenAI chief Altman signs deal with S Korea's Kakao after DeepSeek upset

Open House Real Estate to introduce DXYZ's facial recognition platform "FreeiD" for its first all-facial recognition apartment building

DXYZ of the Migaro Group introduces FreeiD facial recognition to apartments in Fukuoka

Prefectural police to introduce AI camera analysis at all 18 police stations in the new fiscal year to quickly process huge amounts of footage

Gunma Prefecture FY2025 Budget Proposal: Safety - AI-based camera footage analysis

Japan Wut 100 "Thin Blue AI"

ON THIS INSTALLMENT…

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… Matt discusses Japan’s quantum computing business applications, Japan’s Self Defense Forces use of advanced weaponry in other countries, and does a deep dive into Japan’s decisions to use AI Cameras in Police Force activities. It’s a big one, for episode 100! Tune in. We’re only 2% weird.

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Sources Related to Show

NEW PRODUCT

• Japan’s new Ice Cream Fondue Pizza promises the great taste of ice cream and mushrooms together!

SOCIETY 5.0

• Japanese joint research group launches quantum computing cloud service

• Quantum computing drives efficiency in mixed-cargo trucking

• Computer chip with built-in human brain tissue gets military funding

• GPS-free method developed to detect position with cosmic rays 

• CEO Of Worldcoin Says "Something Like World ID Will Eventually Exist... Whether You Like It Or Not"

• Benesse to launch AI service to help kids with research projects

• Japan publishes guidelines allowing limited use of AI in schools

• Japan To Deploy Pre-Crime Style “Behavior Detection” Technology

• The Global Expansion of AI Surveillance

WAR

• Japan Is Ready and Able to Maintain U.S. Naval Vessels

• Japan to conduct live missile firing on Australia's shores

• The clue China is preparing for war

HIGH OR NOT HIGH

• Risque photo shoots banned at outdoor pools in Saitama parks

ECONOMY

• Japan to see price hikes on 35,000 food, drink items by end of 2023

• 3 million people in Japan holding second jobs to make ends meet

Japan and the World

• Japan, India vow to boost chip supply chains for economic security

Japan in Japan

• Japan recognizes record 114 people as refugees at one time

LGBTQ

• Major business lobby to join Tokyo Rainbow Pride next year

SGOTW

• Unauthorized operation of Vietnamese girls bar 3 men arrested Tokyo Taito Ward

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PHOTOS for Show 100

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