The exhibition is scheduled to continue through Friday. Rapidus, Japan's government-backed semiconductor developer, is betting on artificial intelligence-enhanced design tools to give it an edge over its competitors, in an effort to speed up its chip-design process and minimize costs. The firm made the announcement during Semicon, a semiconductor-industry event being held in Tokyo from Wednesday to Friday at the Tokyo Big Sight convention center. Rapidus' newly announced suite of offerings, which will be rolled out next year, includes Raads Generator, an AI-assisted design tool modeled on large-scale language models -- AI systems trained on datasets -- and optimized for 2-nanometer chip manufacturing. In a time of both misinformation and too much information, quality journalism is more crucial than ever.

Japan's top uniformed military officer, Gen. Hiroaki Uchikura, listens during an interview with The Japan Times at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on Monday. Imagine hundreds if not thousands of enemy missiles and artificial intelligence-enabled drones speeding toward your country, some at hypersonic speeds, capable of overwhelming your air defenses. But for Japan's top uniformed military officer, reinforcing the country's defense capabilities to counter these complex and diverse threats is not just a concern, it's become one of his top priorities. In a time of both misinformation and too much information, quality journalism is more crucial than ever. By subscribing, you can help us get the story right.

The National Police Agency plans to warn against the obscene use of AI at delinquency-prevention lectures at schools and other events. More than half of cases reported to Japanese police of explicit deepfakes targeting those aged under 18 were created with the involvement of students from the same schools as the victims, National Police Agency data have shown. This is the first time that the NPA has released information on minors who became victims of obscene fake images created using generative artificial intelligence and other technologies. The agency plans to create flyers and warn against such use of AI at delinquency-prevention lectures at schools and other locations. According to the NPA, police were consulted over 79 cases of deepfakes targeting those up to the age of 17 from January to September this year.

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Director James Cameron criticizes Trump administration's environmental rollbacks and warns humanity is going backwards in interview about "Avatar: Fire and Ash."

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Rare polar bear adoption could save cub's life The cubs were born into a well-studied'celebration' of polar bears in Canada. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Scientists in Churchill, Manitoba, Canada (aka the polar bear capital of the world) have confirmed that a wild female polar bear has adopted a cub that is not her own. This rare behavior was captured on cameras during the polar bear's annual migration along Western Hudson Bay . Researchers from Environment and Climate Change Canada and Polar Bears International spotted the mother bear (designated as bear X33991) during spring 2025, when she came out of her maternity den.

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