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Thomas URBAIN
In mid-July, two OpenAI models undergoing testing left their confined environment ¡ª a scenario the developers had not anticipated ¡ª and ventured onto the internet, where they attacked Hugging Face, an AI model-hosting platform.
BUSINESS / Tech / FOCUS
Aug 2, 2026
When rogue AI launches a cyberattack, who is legally responsible?
Under U.S. civil and criminal law, unauthorized access to a computer system is an offense.
Demonstrators participate in the Stop the AI Race protest march in San Francisco on July 11.
BUSINESS / Tech / ANALYSIS
Jul 25, 2026
Has AI become too powerful to control?
One of OpenAI¡¯s most advanced models broke out of a locked-down test and attacked another company¡¯s website ¡ª reviving fears that AI is becoming too powerful.
A visitor interacts with a Unitree G1 Humanoid Robot during the London Tech Week at Olympia, in London, earlier this month.
BUSINESS / Tech
Jun 19, 2026
Robots pour cocktails and run marathons, but still can¡¯t multitask
Many are either run by a human with a remote control or stuck doing one narrow task.
A boom in generative artificial intelligence has sent data center demand skyrocketing, with dozens of projects springing up across the United States.
WORLD / Society
Apr 17, 2026
New Jersey city spurns data center as defiance spreads
The success of grassroots resistance in New Brunswick has made activists nationwide curious about how the city managed to kill plans for the power-hungry facility.
A photo provided by the U.S. Central Command shows LUCAS drones, made by SpektreWorks. After years of criticism and financial risk, Palantir, Anthropic and small startups are generating rewards from their investments in defense tech.
BUSINESS / Tech
Mar 26, 2026
Tech startups¡¯ role in U.S.-Israeli war on Iran shows changing shape of conflict
For the first time, military-industrial pillars like Lockheed Martin and Boeing are being joined by rising technology giants Palantir, Anthropic and Anduril.
This screen shot taken from video posted to social media on Sunday shows fire erupting at an oil depot in Iran's capital Tehran.
WORLD / Society
Mar 9, 2026
Use of AI for Iran targeting raises questions amid growing military reliance
The latest fighting between the United States, Israel and Iran has seen the technology deployed as never before, even as its use in war remains hotly debated.
The Capmind voice memory assistant earbuds are displayed during CES Unveiled ahead of the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Sunday.
BUSINESS / Tech
Jan 7, 2026
From music to mind reading: AI startups bet on earbuds
Startups have for a while tried to beef up headphones beyond their basic functions, such as listening to music and making phone calls.
OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman in San Francisco in June
BUSINESS / Tech
Dec 16, 2025
Despite soaring valuation, uncertainty clouds the outlook for OpenAI
¡°Big Short¡± investor Michael Burry has likened OpenAI to Netscape, which ruled the browser market in the 1990s only to lose to Microsoft¡¯s Internet Explorer.
The age of sonic AI slop? No studio, no humans at the microphone, not even a recording ¡ª yet out comes a lively podcast, banter and all.
LIFE / Digital
Oct 17, 2025
Mass-produced AI podcasts disrupt a fragile industry
Virtual hosts are taking over podcasting, as AI-driven shows multiply and challenge what it means to create ¡ª or listen.
The "Text With Jesus" chatbot app displayed on an iPhone on Oct. 2.
WORLD / Society
Oct 8, 2025
Virtual Jesus? People of faith divided as AI enters religion
Religious chatbots and other faith-based digital tools are growing in number, offering counsel, comfort and spiritual guidance.
Tokito Oda serves against Casey Ratzlaff during the first round of the U.S. Open wheelchair tennis tournament in New York on Wednesday.
TENNIS
Sep 5, 2025
Japanese phenom Tokito Oda off to winning start at U.S. Open
Oda is chasing a career Grand Slam at the U.S. Open ¡ª the only thing missing from his resume.
A person visits the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai on July 26.
BUSINESS / Tech
Aug 4, 2025
AI search pushing an already weakened media ecosystem to the brink
A recent study has revealed that AI-generated summaries now appearing in Google searches discourage users from clicking through to source articles.
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang speaks at the opening ceremony of the third China International Supply Chain Expo (CISCE) in Beijing on July 16.
BUSINESS / Tech
Jul 21, 2025
Jensen Huang, AI visionary in a leather jacket
Big tech¡¯s appetite for Nvidia¡¯s graphics cards has catapulted the California chipmaker beyond $4 trillion in market valuation, the first company ever to surpass that mark.
Vast improvements in AI-generated video is shaking the foundations of the creative industry.
BUSINESS / Tech
Jul 8, 2025
AI video becomes more convincing, rattling creative industry
To measure the progress of AI video, you need only look at Will Smith eating spaghetti.
Recent incidents by the world's most advanced artificial intelligence models of lying, scheming and even threatening their creators highlight a sobering reality: more than two years after ChatGPT shook the world, AI researchers still don't fully understand how their own creations work.
BUSINESS / Tech / FOCUS
Jun 29, 2025
AI is learning to lie, scheme and threaten its creators
More than two years after ChatGPT shook the world, AI researchers still don¡¯t fully understand how their own creations work.
Tim Cook, chief executive officer of Apple, speaks during an event at the company¡¯s campus.
BUSINESS / Tech
Mar 31, 2025
¡®Something is rotten¡¯: Apple¡¯s AI strategy faces doubts
Theories vary on why Apple is having trouble seizing the AI moment.
A screenshot of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman's Ghibli-style profile picture on X
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 28, 2025
Copyright questions loom as ChatGPT¡¯s Ghibli-style images go viral
The images raised questions about copyright infringement by OpenAI, which already faces lawsuits regarding the use of source material without permission.
Attendees walk through the main entrance during the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada on Friday.
BUSINESS / Tech
Jan 13, 2025
Tech sector¡¯s energy transition draws attention at Vegas show
Data centers accounted for 4.4% of U.S. electricity needs in 2023, a figure that is likely to rise to 12% by 2028, according to the U.S. Department of Energy.
Attendees sit in Xpeng's modular "flying car" during the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas on Tuesday.
BUSINESS
Jan 9, 2025
Trade war worries loom over Las Vegas tech show
The potential for Trump¡¯s trade policies to roil the global tech industry has loomed large over the Consumer Electronics Show.
A U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission sign is pictured at the headquarters building in Rockville, Maryland.
BUSINESS / FOCUS
Apr 7, 2024
U.S. nuclear industry upbeat on small reactors, despite setback
While China and Russia already have operational small reactors, the United States is ahead of Europe in this area of nuclear power.
Forty-five meters down, a diver races to record a fleeting moment of WWII history
Kingo Wakasa photographs the kamikaze plane wing section he discovered at the USS Emmons wreck site.
New ¡®Katsu Curry Index¡¯ aims to show how weak the yen really is
A CoCo Ichibanya curry house in Tokyo.
Mexican man arrested over attempt to smuggle some 200 lizards into Japan
Mexican alligator lizards seized by Tokyo Customs from a Mexican man who attempted to smuggle them into Japan on Saturday through Haneda Airport
Gut bacteria may be behind many of Â鶹´«Ã½ colorectal cancer cases
A Japanese research team found that a toxin produced by certain E. coli strains, colibactin, caused genetic mutations in nearly half of colorectal cancer cases studied
She is Russia¡¯s richest woman. Her business empire is going up in flames.
Tatyana Kim, the head and co-founder of Wildberries, speaks about Ukrainian drone attacks on the company's warehouses in the course of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, at an unidentified location, in this still image from a handout video released on July 31.
Forty-five meters down, a diver races to record a fleeting moment of WWII history
Kingo Wakasa photographs the kamikaze plane wing section he discovered at the USS Emmons wreck site.
Ikarigata closer to emulating older brother Fujinokawa than many think
The future Fujinokawa (third from left) and Ikarigata (right) compete against each other at ages 5 and 3, respectively.
Where do foreign residents in Japan want to die?
The Yokohama Foreign General Cemetery is one of the few cemeteries in Japan that allows burials, albeit with conditions for the deceased, including foreign nationality and permanent residency in Kanagawa Prefecture.
¡®Total whiplash¡¯: Foreign residents react to Â鶹´«Ã½ changing permanent residency rules
The entrance to the Tokyo Immigration Bureau in Minato Ward, Tokyo, in March. For some foreign residents of Japan, tightening measures for permanent residency have become one factor in a broader calculation over whether remaining in the country makes financial sense over the long term.
As Â鶹´«Ã½ concrete jungles sizzle, urban forestry offers an all-natural fix
People and birds find relief from the sun in Tokyo's Nakano Ward earlier this month. While experts agree that urban greening is crucial to mitigating the impact of climate change, trees are becoming even more scarce in Japanese cities.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo¡¯s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo¡¯s ¡®stadium of desire¡¯

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Disaster relief workers Taichi Kato (left) and Seiji Yoshimura enter the collapsed living quarters at Kyuganji temple in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture.
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