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As children increasingly turn to AI for information, advice and support, researchers are exploring how the way chatbots respond can shape young people's understanding of these technologies.
Read the original →Generative AI has spread rapidly in recent years and is convenient. The article says that trusting AI information too much led to a loss of trust from those around the student.
Read the original →The AI phone reception service "Kiyone" answers calls 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. It listens to the caller's request and converts the content to text. Interest in AI services that handle company phone calls is rising amid labor shortages and work-style reform.
Read the original →Animoca Brands Japan has begun offering a LINE official account for 'Minds by Animoca Brands', an AI agent platform provided by Animoca Brands.
Read the original →Researchers at Stanford University, Carnegie Mellon University and others published a paper titled 'Living with AI Companions: Sustained AI Companionship Predicts Lower Well-Being Through Lower Human Interaction'. The study examines how long-term immersion in AI character chat affects users' well-being.
Read the original →The opinion comes from testers with Common Sense Media's Youth AI Safety Institute.
Read the original →Common Sense Media is urging OpenAI to keep teens off ChatGPT. It says the new teen experience poses an impermissible risk after rigorous evaluation, which identified limitations.
Read the original →A study has raised concerns about ChatGPT's safety for teenagers. It highlights five issues that parents should be aware of.
Read the original →ChatGPT is replacing picture day for parents who want to avoid $25-60 school photo packages. The trick carries real copyright and child privacy risks.
Read the original →SHIFT AI, which runs a generative AI learning community, is releasing the archive video of its online seminar held on September 29. The seminar was titled "How should children use generative AI? Experts explain 10 household AI rules." The video is available free for a limited period until November 5.
Read the original →A listener to Asahi Shimbun's podcast about parenting, "Oya Moya," sent in a question asking whether AI will become a tool or a conversation partner for children.
Read the original →A retiree named Walt shares how he uses ChatGPT to build a weekly grocery budget. He also uses it to cut food waste and find cheaper substitutes at the store.
Read the original →The writer, a self-described political junkie, was pleasantly surprised by AI's usefulness for election-related questions.
Read the original →The writer says the experiment was supposed to make them happier. They felt more isolated instead.
Read the original →The creative group CLAMP's work "Magic Knight Rayearth" is being adapted into anime again after more than 30 years. The main cast includes Ayane Sakura, Rumi Okubo and Rie Takahashi. Broadcast starts on October 7.
Read the original →Happiness Planet has developed and begun offering the "Competitive World Model." It captures the interaction between competition among companies and demand chains, and supports building strategies for competitive advantage.
Read the original →A partnership has been announced that brings artificial intelligence into the resident engagement field. It is intended to help drive quality measurement standards across the senior living industry.
Read the original →The event is scheduled for 9:00 JST on 9 October 2026 in Japan. Booking.com, a digital travel platform, is the organizer.
Read the original →The AAAI-26 AI conference took place in Singapore. The article introduces a generative AI review system used on more than 30,000 submitted papers.
Read the original →Veteran investor Michael Burry says the stock market is in its "first stage of grief". He raises the question of whether the AI boom is in a bubble.
Read the original →A new song by the late singer Norio Ozaki was presented on October 7. Because Ozaki has died, the song uses an AI-generated voice, and it has drawn reaction on social media.
Read the original →The article describes Son's career as marked by contrasting successes and failures. It cites his roughly 2 billion yen investment in Alibaba in 2000, which grew to unrealized gains of more than ten trillion yen at its peak.
Read the original →An AI-made new song, "Subarashii, Kono Sekai wa", by singer Norio Ozaki, who died in 2012 at age 69, was presented on the 7th in Tokyo. Ozaki was known for the song "Mata Au Hi Made".
Read the original →Cold Dew is one of the 24 solar terms and the fifth solar term of autumn. Temperatures fall further and the air becomes drier. The report is from Xinhua, Beijing, October 8.
Read the original →The article explains that generative AI creates new text, images, audio and video, and is now used widely. It notes that services such as ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude and Microsoft Copilot differ in strengths, pricing and features.
Read the original →A survey by MERY, run by MERY Inc., looked at Gen Z attitudes and behavior. It found generative AI is used when choosing daily goods and cosmetics, while final decisions rely on social media reviews.
Read the original →GMO Internet Group released results of a survey conducted in September 2026. Generative AI use in work stood at 99.0%, up 0.3 points from the previous survey.
Read the original →OpenAI announced on October 7 (local time) that it will roll out its latest model, GPT-6, to all ChatGPT plans in stages. ChatGPT is to become interactive rather than simple chat.
Read the original →KAKEAI Inc. announced on October 5 that it has begun offering "Kakeai AI 1on1," which adds generative AI features to its 1-on-1 support tool "Kakeai."
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