A Mos Food Services employee places an order via a microphone at an artificial intelligence drive-thru facility, which was unveiled to members of the media in Yoshikawa City, Saitama Prefecture, on Wednesday. The Japanese hamburger chain aims to improve store management efficiency by automating part of customer interaction with conversational AI amid a serious labor shortage. The company plans to introduce the new AI system at multiple outlets in fiscal 2026, which begins in April. In a media demonstration held at a store in the city of Yoshikawa, Saitama Prefecture, a Mos Food employee acting as a customer spoke into a microphone to place a drive-thru order. The AI system took the order after making suggestions such as, We recommend a limited-time avocado burger. Once the system is introduced, store employees will prepare food based on customer orders transmitted from the AI system.

Cartoonist Mitsuru Yaku (center) and other executives of Freelance League of Japan announces their survey to reporters in Tokyo on Tuesday. More than one in 10 Japanese manga artists, illustrators and other creators say their income fell over the past year due to generative AI, according to a survey released Tuesday by a freelance advocacy group. According to the Freelance League of Japan, which studies working conditions for independent professionals, 12% of respondents reported a decline in earnings linked to generative AI. That includes 9.3% who said income fell by between 10% to 50%, as well as 2.7% who said their income has dropped by more than 50%. Among those who said their income had fallen, respondents cited being asked to accept shorter deadlines and lower fees on the assumption that AI would be used, or losing commissions altogether as clients opted to rely on generative AI instead. In a time of both misinformation and too much information, quality journalism is more crucial than ever.

To survive, this isolated population of only 2,000 whales needs to be smart about mates. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Among marine mammals, beluga whales () are particularly difficult to study in their icy habitat. To better understand and protect this endangered species, scientists must piece together bits of their lives from fragments, including one of the most important behaviors of any species--mating. One small population of beluga whales living in southwest Alaska's Bristol Bay appears to have a surprising strategy.

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The Industry I Offered to Take Less Money to Get Hired. In a rough hiring market, a growing number of younger, female job seekers have begun "lowballing" their salary expectations. I know this because I did it myself. If it feels impossible to get hired in today's job market, it's because it is. Greenhouse, a hiring software firm, estimates that when someone applies for a job, they now have a 0.4 percent chance of being hired--meaning you have a better chance of getting into Harvard than securing employment.

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It's everything you wanted for the United States--but done better in China. China's political leaders laid out an ambitious industrial plan: By 2025, they pledged, their country would be a world capital, with the goal of moving from "Chinese speed to Chinese quality, the transformation of Chinese products to Chinese brands." This is the difference, they wrote, between "Made in China" and "Created in China." At WIRED, we never take what the government (ours or anybody else's) says at face value. Still, as journalists, we respect the ability to hit a deadline.

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