Matt Bigelow

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JAPAN WUT A.I. MUSIC SHOW 3 "MY STINKY CHEESE"

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Join Matt Bigelow, the A.I. Whisperer, in a celebration of A.I. cheese. Get your Chia Pet, your Dodge Charger, and your Hypercolor T-Shirt and join us on the cutting-edge of cheese in A.I. Music Production!

JAPAN WUT PODCAST 213: A.I. SKINSUITS

JAPAN WUT A.I. MUSIC PODCAST 2 "THE TENGU'S HORN"

Welcome back to Japan’s Exclusive A.I. Music Podcast! Explore the cutting-edge of audio technology with host Matt Bigelow, aka the A.I. Whisperer. We got big beats, break beats, slick beats, cool horns, horny synths, synthy guitars and more. This ain’t your grandfather’s A.I. Join us!

JAPAN WUT PODCAST 212 "POST-SCROLLING"

Is Japan’s reliance on foreign AI-tech making the country un-Japanese? How are Japan’s and China’s AI Ships similar and different? Would you like get into a Japanese University only to have your lecturer be an AI program?

JAPAN 

Japan bankruptcies for April mark highest in 11 years

Survey: 70% of Japanese Companies Expect Rise in Inbound M&A

Japanese tech giant SoftBank records its first profit in 4 years

SUPPLY CHAIN WAR 

Japan’s defense buildup rockets up contractors’ bottom line

Tokyo’s new solar panel mandate: ‘Can Japan avoid Germany’s solar pitfalls?’

Rogue communication equipment found in Chinese-made solar power inverters

SOCIETY 5.0

Government imposes safety rules for "autonomous ships" to address manpower shortage as crew numbers drop by half

Alibaba's Qwen is foundation for more and more Japanese AI models

"GENIAC" boosts domestic AI development capabilities, but the problem is a serious lack of Japanese language data

'No going back': Fukushima design firm lauds AI cutting 5 days of work to a few hours

Chiba Institute of Technology introduces "AI University Lecturer" to teach students through dialogue using generative AI

AI manager' trains young sales staff at real estate firm

CTC launches multi-AI agent construction support service, aiming for 50 billion yen in AI-related sales by fiscal year 2026

Functions of AI-equipped forestry robots developed independently by Matsumoto System Engineering

Smart agriculture with "Drones x AI" Nippon Institute of Technology automates pollination

Cameras and control devices communicate directly to learn! "AI-to-AI communication technology"[First in the prefecture] AI-equipped cameras for traffic guidance have begun operating on one-way alternating roads at construction sites to address issues such as a shortage of security guards

JAPAN WUT PODCAST 203 "AI CUSTOMERS"


Can Japan solve climate change with $3 million? Why are Japanese companies creating AI Customers? Why aren’t any of Japan’s Universities in the Global Top 100 for AI?

SHOW NOTES

JAPAN

IAEA Upbeat, but Niigata Governor Delays Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Restart

SUPPLY CHAIN WAR

Japan to give $3 mil to help Pacific islands fight climate change

China's EUV breakthrough: Huawei, SMIC reportedly advancing LDP lithography, eye 3Q25 trial, 2026 rollout

U.S. to levy fees on ships linked to China, push allies to do similar – draft executive order

SOCIETY 5.0 

Hitachi uses generative AI to create "AI customers" and generate catchy slogans

Nissan tests driverless vehicles in city streets filled with cars and people

Japanese university unveils AI program for medical student training

Japan research team develops technology to visualize acne-causing bacteria using AI

Once-reluctant builders now using unmanned machinery, AI

Ibaraki's Tsukuba and Tsuchiura cities to introduce AI into childcare facility admission selection process

Release of Japanese voice platform models "Izanami" and "Kushinada"

Trinity, the AI camera company, launches "unlimited SIM plan for security cameras" that does not require an internet connection

AI: The Future of Ibaraki - Part 1: Efficiency (3) Automatic detection of fires and floods, 24-hour non-stop safety monitoring

Osaka Metro to start offering "face recognition ticket gate" service from March 25th

NEC unveils completely contactless "face recognition payment" to be introduced at the World Expo

Wave, an autonomous driving startup backed by SoftBank Group, moves closer to launching commercial services

49 Chinese universities in the top 100 for AI, zero in Japan; half of top US researchers are from China

'Another DeepSeek moment'? Chinese start-up launches new AI agent, sparking widespread attention

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