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13 Years Since the Great East Japan Earthquake / Soil Decontamination Advancing in Fukushima Pref.; More Evacuees Able to Return Home, But Not Many Do
“I wish we had been allowed to return home a little earlier,” lamented Takeshi Horikawa, 75, who ...
March 8, 2024
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13 Years Since the Great East Japan Earthquake / Car Use Reconsidered in Tsunami Evacuation Plans; Traffic Jams Are Deadly, But Some Cannot Flee on Foot
The city government of Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, held an evacuation drill on Sunday on the prem...
March 7, 2024
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13 Years Since the Great East Japan Earthquake / 2011 Quake Survivors Aging in Reconstruction Housing; New Communities Did Not Take Deep Root
About 30,000 public housing units were constructed for people affected by the disaster in Iwate, ...
March 6, 2024
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Examining Generative AI / Invasion of Culture Through Unauthorized AI Learning; Copyright Protection Essential to Protect Creative Industry
U.S. artist Karla Ortiz held two pictures in front of her. One was her pencil drawing from 2016 titl...
February 23, 2024
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Examining Generative AI / AI Girlfriend Encouraged London Man to Kill the Queen; Believed He Was in an ‘Emotional and Sexual Relationship’ with the Chatbot
An incident that shook Britain occurred one Christmas morning....
February 22, 2024
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Examining Generative AI / Russian Side Seeks to Undermine Ukraine Via Disinformation; Fake Video Shows Military Leader Criticizing Zelenskyy
Three months before the dismissal of Valeriy Zaluzhnyi, the commander in chief of Ukraine’s armed fo...
February 21, 2024
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Examining Generative AI / China Silences AI on Touchy Questions of Politics, History; Concerns AI Could Be Used for Indoctrination
On a weekend in December, parents and their children flocked to a store in Beijing where they could ...
February 20, 2024
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Examining Generative AI / Tech Threatens to Warp U.S. Presidential Election; Experts Warn Deluge of Misinformation Could Alter Outcome
As generative AI tools become more readily accessible, their associated risks are creating a stir in...
February 19, 2024
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Unbalanced information diet: AI-generated deception / OSINT Reveals Discrepancies in Gaza Hospital Explosion Images; Technology Developed to Recognize AI-Generated Material
Eliot Higgins, founder of the private research organization Bellingcat, has popularized the method o...
January 28, 2024
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Unbalanced information diet: AI-generated deception / Government Countering Misinformation about Treated Water
False information from China circulated on social media in late August claiming that Japan had relea...
January 28, 2024
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Unbalanced information diet: AI-generated deception / Anger, Anxiety Created by Narratives Manipulates Public Opinion
The Yomiuri ShimbunThis photo taken in Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo, shows Christopher Wylie talking to The Y...
January 27, 2024
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Unbalanced information diet: AI-generated deception / News May Proliferate, Despite Being Based on Fake Images
The government decided on Friday it will appropriate ¥155.3 billion from the fiscal 2023 budget rese...
January 26, 2024
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Unbalanced Information Diet: AI-generated deceptionAI-generated deception / Hatred of Politicians Spurred Japanese Man to Create AI Generated Realistic Fake Videos
This is the second installment in a series examining moves to spread biased information through use ...
January 25, 2024
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Unbalanced Information Diet: AI-generated deception / Chinese-Originated Disinformation Spreading on Social Media; AI-Generated Profile Pictures Make Fake Accounts Look Real
Efforts to spread biased information and manipulate the will of the people are gaining momentum amid...
January 25, 2024
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Kyoto Geiko Quarters / Appeal to International Audiences a Requirement of New Era Geiko District
With the dissipation of the COVID-19 pandemic, sightseeing spots in Kyoto such as Kiyomizu Temple an...
January 13, 2024
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