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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 211 "AI NUGGETS"

JAPAN WUT PODCAST 197 "AI ARMS RACE"

How did a leaked document from 2018 predict Japan’s connection to China’s supercharged AI programs? If 30% of Japan’s population become foreign-born, should they be entitled to vote? What is going on with Japan’s investments in AI agents?

SHOW NOTES

SOCIETY 5.0

Over the past week, DeepSeek, a Chinese AI startup, released its R1 model, which outperforms leading AI models at a lower cost, causing a significant market reaction. Nvidia's stock plummeted, losing nearly $600 billion, due to DeepSeek's claim of using less advanced chips and debates over data usage. Security issues emerged as DeepSeek exposed sensitive data, leading to quick action to secure it.

Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Hayashi has commented on the need to balance innovation with risk management regarding DeepSeek.

In response, the U.S. Navy banned DeepSeek due to security concerns, and the Pentagon blocked its use after connections to Chinese servers. Nvidia shares slightly recovered, but the market remains volatile. In China, DeepSeek's success is celebrated, despite facing cyberattacks and scrutiny over data handling. 

One of DeepSeek's innovations was:

  1. Cold-Start Data Integration: Before applying reinforcement learning (RL), DeepSeek incorporates cold-start data, which includes carefully curated, long Chains of Thought (CoT) examples. This helps in refining the model's initial performance by addressing issues like endless repetition, poor readability, and language mixing, while also setting the stage for more effective RL.

Italy blocks access to the Chinese AI application DeepSeek to protect users' data

(Orig. from 2018) Scoop: Trump team considers nationalizing 5G network

Secure 5G PDF

OpenAI tailors version of ChatGPT for U.S. government

SoftBank in talks to invest up to $25 billion into OpenAI, FT reports

Open AI announces launch of "AI Agent" for autonomous reservations, etc.

BrainPad, a new company specializing in AI agents

Accenture evolves as AI agents hold business meetings with each other

Accenture Launches AI Refinery for Industry to Accelerate Adoption of Industry-Specific AI Agents and Transform Business Processes

Strengthening collaboration with Secure to jointly develop surveillance camera solution using AI agents

Nexar teams up with Japan Post for project to improve road conditions and support accelerated deployment of autonomous vehicles

Indian company orders 50 ‘flying cars’ from Aichi-based SkyDrive

Trying out the AI camera drone "HOVERAir X1 Smart" - a palm-sized "personal photographer"

SGOTW

Ukraine man pleads not guilty to charges of smuggling 113 kg of drugs

Canadian executive accused of smuggling 320 kg of meth into Japan

Four Vietnamese suspected in theft of 11 cars in Tochigi

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