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Classroom Crisis / Japanese Students Compete on Drug Overdoses to Gain Approval of Peers
A third-year college student, 20, living in Tochigi Prefecture, had had good grades ever since eleme...
June 10, 2023
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Classroom Crisis / Digital Devices Provide Bullies with New Tools to Taunt Victims
It all came to a head in autumn last year when the boy was a third-year junior high school student. ...
June 9, 2023
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Classroom Crisis / AI Could Undermine Homework, Exam Question-setting
“Schoolteachers may become unnecessary,” opined a Chiba Prefecture public high school English teache...
June 8, 2023
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Classroom Crisis / Is Overuse of Devices Affecting Student Discipline?
One afternoon in January, as students at an elementary school in Chiba Prefecture tucked into pieces...
June 8, 2023
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Generative AI Shock Wave / ChatGPT Raises Host of Issues over Extent of Usage
The use of the conversational AI model ChatGPT continues to extend to a variety of organizations and...
April 28, 2023
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Generative AI Shock Wave / LDP Eager to Embrace AI, But Lacks Plan to Regulate It
The Yomiuri ShimbunOpenAI Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman speaks to reporters after meeting with ...
April 27, 2023
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Generative AI Shock Wave / Copyright Protection Struggles to Fend Off AI-Generated Works
NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES — On Amazon.com’s U.S. website, many e-books are offered where the conversation...
April 27, 2023
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Generative AI Shock Wave / New Software Protects Artwork from AI Imitations
Efforts are underway to protect artists and others from images generated through artificial intellig...
April 27, 2023
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Generative AI Shock Wave / Generative AI Triggers Concerns — Even Among Developers of the Technology
ChatGPT and other generative AI tools present a new threat to the information space. ...
April 26, 2023
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Generative AI Shock Wave / ChatGPT Can Be Tricked into Generating Malware, Bomb-making Instructions
In online forums where criminals exchange information, discussions about “ChatGPT loopholes” and “Wa...
April 25, 2023
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Mental Health Impact / Japan’s Middle-Aged and Elderly Fall Prey to Conspiracy Theories
As the university student watched a video on her smartphone with a title about the deep state ruling...
April 8, 2023
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Mental Health Impact / Japan Experts Call for Drastic Measures to Fight Online Addiction
In late March, an 18-year-old high school student from Nagano Prefecture and his parents visited the...
April 7, 2023
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Mental Health Impact / Social Media Apps Drive Users into Dangerous Filter Bubbles
The internet and social media allow anyone to transmit information. People’s behaviors are often alt...
April 7, 2023
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12 Years Since Great East Japan Earthquake / Post-disaster Shift from Railways to Express Buses in Gear, but Potholes Remain
KESENNUMA, Miyagi — Setting out from JR Kesennuma Station in Miyagi Prefecture one morning earlier t...
March 14, 2023
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12 years after Great East Japan Earthquake / Only 18% of Residents Return to Municipalities Affected by 2011 Nuclear Accident
Saturday marked 12 years since the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake. While continuing to grapple wit...
March 11, 2023
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