China’s commerce and science ministries proposed adding 23 AI technologies, including large models, agents, chip designs, and computing clusters, to the country’s export control list. Open-source tech is exempt and overseas users can still access model…
During a wide-ranging panel on artificial intelligence at the Forbes Global CEO Conference 2026 in Singapore last week, the leaders of two AI application unicorns argued that strong commercial demand shows AI is more than a hype.
Rakuten priced ¥400B ($2.5B) of yen bonds on Friday, its largest yen bond sale, with ¥360B going to retail investors. The 5.5-year debt carries a 4.37% coupon. Japanese companies have sold about ¥3.2T of retail bonds this year, already above 2025’s rec…
The upcoming remake of ‘Zelda: Ocarina of Time’ has a new overview trailer, showing off lots of lovely gameplay, and it looks wondrous.
Broadcom chief executive Hock Tan compared many AI investors to gamblers who have little idea what they are betting on. He spoke on Monday at the DBS Asia Future Forward Conference in Singapore, Bloomberg reported. “A lot of investors have no clue what…
A correction in AI-related stocks and debt could set off market turmoil, the International Monetary Fund said on Tuesday. It named the AI risk as one of three that could sharply tighten financial conditions. The other two are a sharp rise in government…
TT Data Group is close to agreeing to a deal with Anthropic for a new data centre in Osaka, Nikkei Asia reported on Tuesday, citing multiple sources. It would be the first site in Japan built just for Anthropic, which makes the Claude AI models. TNW ha…
Ambi is a new proactive AI note-taker with dedicated hardware to come.
This week’s Current Climate also looks at how Trump’s war with Iran is helping used EV sales and the compelling economic case for the clean energy transition.
Shuhei Hosono is the current editor-in-chief of Manga Plus at Shueisha, so I caught up with him to discuss all things manga.