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The author decided to work in the AI field to get ahead of the times and believed it was the wisest career choice. The author is no longer sure of that.
Read the original →Fureri Inc. announced on October 19 updates to its AI monitoring and conversation service for older people and their families. The service launched officially in August 2026. In September it added a 050 phone feature allowing calls from landlines, and a function to notify families of health changes detected in conversations.
Read the original →With parental controls enabled, ChatGPT alerted parents in 15 of 300 simulated teen safety-risk conversations. ETIH examines the preprint involving RAND and Harvard Medical School, including its findings and limits.
Read the original →AI companion app Tolan has raised another $30 million after attracting more than 250,000 active users.
Read the original →A lecture titled "How should child-rearing and education be in the age of generative AI?" will be held on November 1 in the main hall of Kurume Chamber of Commerce building in Kurume. It is organized by the NPO Happy Mama Club.
Read the original →Sleep healthcare device company Tenminds said on the 20th that it will apply a family sleep management function to its AI Sleepbot, due for release this year. When the user wakes and the sleep record ends, a push notification goes to linked family members, who can check the previous night's sleep and bedroom conditions in the app. The device also flags cases such as no record at the usual usage time or no head movement detected over periods of 2, 4 and 6 hours during sleep.
Read the original →The author asked ChatGPT how to lower homeowners insurance costs and received five fixes. The article says they save money only if implemented judiciously.
Read the original →The article features an interview with happiness researcher Takashi Maeno. It offers hints on how to break free from a sense of being forced to work and to work happily with a sense of initiative.
Read the original →The article says AI is rapidly changing daily life, with AI taking over some work and decisions once handled by humans in areas such as medical diagnosis, education, administrative services, hiring, finance and social media. It reports on a survey of 138 countries.
Read the original →Researchers at Georgia Tech's Center for Advanced Communications Policy will use the funding to help older adults access assistive technologies that support independent living.
Read the original →Our online lives increasingly outlast us, leaving our likeness with loved ones grappling with questions of legacy, loss and law. The piece asks how this digital afterlife changes the ways we grieve, remember and honor the wishes of those who have died.
Read the original →AI adoption provokes an emotional journey that needs to be travelled.
Read the original →Researchers at Mass General Brigham Cancer Institute have developed an AI system that estimates cancer patients' survival odds from a single facial image.
Read the original →J-Lease Co., Tsunagari AI Co. and Fine Co. aim to form the "Oita Consortium for Elderly Care for Those Without Family." The initiative would combine AI with local specialist organizations to support elderly people who have no relatives.
Read the original →Entertainer Nozomi Kawasaki updated her Ameba blog on the 16th. She reported revisiting an Okinawa soba restaurant that her eldest son likes.
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