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Co-founders Jessica Strickland, Steph Liu and Garrett Fitzgerald combine compatibility science, AI-powered national matching and values-first connection. The platform is offered without the $100,000 price tag of traditional matchmaking.
Read the original →IBJ, a company listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Prime market (6071), runs the directly operated matchmaking service IBJ Members. In a generative AI industry survey (September 2026) by Branding Works, it received a 100% mention rate and an average appearance rank of 1.4 in AI recommendations of matchmaking services. It ranked first with both ChatGPT and Gemini.
Read the original →Anthropic announced on October 8 (local time) changes to the Usage Policy for its AI model Claude.
Read the original →A tech worker bragged that he would rather create an AI clone of his voice to read to his newborn baby than read to the child himself.
Read the original →President Donald Trump said Thursday on Truth Social that anyone who keeps using the term “artificial intelligence” instead of his preferred replacement is “the enemy” of the White House. Last week he signed an executive order directing federal agencies to use “Super Intelligence,” or “SI,” instead of “Artificial Intelligence,” or “AI,” in official communications. Elon Musk wrote earlier this week, “No more AI. SI. It’s better.”
Read the original →Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi was asked in a House of Representatives representative question session on the 8th whether AI would be renamed “super intelligence” (SI). She responded negatively, saying, “At this stage it is AI.” U.S. President Trump has been promoting SI as the replacement name for AI.
Read the original →Entrepreneur Ami Otsuka runs a business by herself, handing work over to AI. The article reports an interview about how she came to move to Thailand and the realities of her business.
Read the original →In its October regional economic report (Sakura Report) released on the 8th, the Bank of Japan raised its economic assessment for two of nine regions, Tohoku and Shikoku. It kept its assessment unchanged for the other seven. Production is rising across a wide range of products, including semiconductor manufacturing equipment and communications infrastructure, as AI demand grows.
Read the original →A 55th-anniversary live event for the signature song “Mata Au Hi Made” by singer Norihiko Ozaki, who died in 2012, was held on the 7th. The title of the new song is “Subarashii, Kono Sekai wa” (Wonderful, This World).
Read the original →ChatGPT has received one of the biggest updates in recent times. OpenAI announced the deployment of a new generation of language models, GPT-6.
Read the original →Students caught cheating with AI glasses on Korea's college entrance exam will lose eligibility for next year's test, the education minister said.
Read the original →On the 8th, U.S. President Trump said that people who keep using the term “AI” instead of “SI” (super intelligence), which he is promoting, are regarded as enemies.
Read the original →Comedy duo Tampopo's Kumiko Shiratori appeared on the news program 'Watashi to News' and responded to viewer comments. The program covered the growing number of wives who choose AI over their husbands as a confidant for their worries.
Read the original →In April 2026, Japan's post-divorce custody system changed significantly. Sole custody by one parent had been the rule, but the revised Civil Code now allows parents to choose joint custody after divorce.
Read the original →Reuters and the research firm Ipsos announced on the 7th that 57% of US voters said the Trump administration is not adequately addressing the risks of artificial intelligence. The poll results were reported from Washington.
Read the original →The article describes recurring patterns in social feeds, including film-grain nostalgia, glowing saree portraits and rooftop scenes.
Read the original →The article describes AI as a powerhouse for productivity and complex tasks. It says relying on AI for emotional advice or personal coaching reveals its greatest limitation: pleasing the user instead of truly helping.
Read the original →The article says Hollywood spent decades imagining AI companions, which now exist. It looks at what films such as Her, Ex Machina and Blade Runner 2049 predicted and what they missed.
Read the original →GMO Internet Group released survey results on romance and generative AI among mainly Gen Z. More than 30% of those aged 16 to 28 said they would use generative AI in romance, with many accepting its use for advice on approaching someone. The survey was run by GMO NIKKO's 'Gen Z Trend Lab' service, which targeted people aged 16 to 28 nationwide.
Read the original →AI Talentee helped Hamada, an industrial waste recycling company, match with students who share its values, leading to two accepted job offers. Hamada had recruited new graduates for nearly 20 years, but its specialized business was hard to convey through job portals and it faced a narrow student pool. It shifted to the values-matching service to meet students who relate to its philosophy and business.
Read the original →Episode 1 of the Nippon TV Sunday drama 'Hide & Seek: The Girl Zero Seconds Ago', starring Sota Fukushi, includes footage cuts made with generative AI technology. The series began on Sunday, October 4.
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