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NTT, University of Tokyo spinoff to market optical quantum computer | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis
2+ day, 8+ hour ago (485+ words) By MUTSUMI MITOBE/ Staff Writer September 11, 2026 at 07:00 JST MoQuren, an optical quantum computer developed by OptQC Corp., is seen at the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology. (Provided by OptQC Corp.) The age of the commercial quantum computer…...
China’s robot champion races towards real-world work | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis
3+ day, 2+ hour ago (1042+ words) September 10, 2026 at 12:25 JST An engineer works among Tiangong Omni humanoid robots in the research and testing area of the Beijing Humanoid Robot Innovation Center, also known as X-Humanoid, in Beijing on Sept. 4. (Reuters) BEIJING—A week after his robot outran…...
EDITORIAL: With AI getting scarier, the need for global safety standards rises | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis
2+ day, 22+ hour ago (57+ words) September 9, 2026 at 16:16 JST The race to develop cutting-edge artificial intelligence has entered a new stage and prompted a higher level of worry. [Read More] Team uses AI to study colors seen when black-and-white top is spun Fire destroys shopping street…...
China hits back at U.S. claims of ‘malicious’ AI distillation | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis
3+ day, 2+ hour ago (541+ words) September 10, 2026 at 12:30 JST The FBI, National Security Agency and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency issued a joint cybersecurity advisory Tuesday that said Chinese AI developers had extracted, or “distilled,” capabilities from some of the most advanced AI models in the…...
From dance floor to war: China readies humanoid robots for combat | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis
5+ day, 20+ hour ago (1315+ words) September 7, 2026 at 18:25 JST Unitree's humanoid robots with BAAI's THOR (Towards Human-level Whole-Body Reaction) system compete in a tug-of-war contest during the 2026 World Humanoid Robot Games at the National Speed Skating Oval in Beijing on Aug. 25. (Reuters) BEIJING--At the World…...
Team uses AI to study colors seen when black-and-white top is spun | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis
6+ day, 8+ hour ago (760+ words) By MUTSUMI MITOBE/ Staff Writer September 7, 2026 at 07:00 JST Samples of Benham’s top, which produces an illusion of colors when it is spun (Provided by Eiji Watanabe) For 200 years, researchers have been trying to solve the mystery of why people see…...
Tech pilgrims flock to China as innovation race heats up | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis
1+ week, 3+ day ago (1011+ words) September 3, 2026 at 11:00 JST A man controls a medical robot at Zhangjiang Robot Valley Exhibition Hall during a tour for foreign investors in Shanghai, China, April 20, 2026. (REUTERS) BEIJING—Humanoid robots working on factory floors, AI models challenging global rivals and electric-vehicle…...
Lab to strategic showcase: China’s robot games | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis
2+ week, 6+ day ago (805+ words) August 24, 2026 at 11:55 JST A Tiangong humanoid robot and a robot from GMO Robotics compete during a 1500m final, at the 2026 World Humanoid Robot Games, at the National Speed Skating Oval in Beijing on August 23. (Reuters) BEIJING—It’s been called the Robot…...
Mitsubishi to enlist humanoid robots for its factory rosters | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis
2+ week, 6+ day ago (507+ words) August 24, 2026 at 07:00 JST A Highlanders Inc. robot that Mitsubishi Motors Corp. plans to use, as seen in Tokyo’s Minato Ward on July 9 (Yuji Yamashita) Mitsubishi Motors Corp. is striking a partnership with a University of Tokyo startup to add artificial…...
In China, rocket launches fuel tourism, space-age dreams | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis
3+ week, 3+ day ago (64+ words) August 20, 2026 at 09:50 JST WENCHANG, China—On a sweltering August night, thousands on China’s Hainan island thronged the beaches around the Wenchang Space Launch Site, phones raised, waiting for a show. [Read More] Video captures moment fault ruptures ground in Kumamoto…...