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Taiwan has officially entered a super-aged society, and a rising number of elderly citizens live independently. Geography, career demands and busy schedules often prevent family members from tracking daily changes in sleep, nutrition, mood or medication compliance, raising long-term health risks.
Read the original →Sharp is testing a care-focused AI trainer that uses AI and a large TV screen to support tasks related to functional training in nursing care. The trial is at the Flos Higashi-Koujiya special nursing home in Ota Ward, Tokyo, run by the Zenkokai social welfare corporation. It runs from October 5 to November 1.
Read the original →Panasonic Holdings announced on the 5th that it has developed an AI that detects early signs of changes in elderly people's health. It uses data such as heart rate from sensors and notifies staff at care facilities. Trials begin in October, with commercialization aimed at fiscal 2027, and the AI model was built from data on about 2,000 elderly people.
Read the original →Former Meta workers allege that AI-based layoff criteria penalized medical leave, disability and pregnancy. Meta denies that AI made workforce decisions.
Read the original →The US war against Iran is giving rise to a new kind of jingoist propaganda. Content mills are producing thousands of patriotic reels.
Read the original →Thai Binh Thao Nguyen, an 11th-grade student at Ha Huy Tap High School in Nghe An Province, used AI to convert book content based on a memoir. The aim was to make it more accessible for visually impaired people and others who have difficulty reading.
Read the original →South Korea has set ethical standards for the public sector so that humans hold final responsibility and control. An oversight system will let people review and intervene in AI decisions, along with a system to provide relief for harm.
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