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Google will open its first physical store outside the US in Tokyo’s Omotesando district as Pixel gains momentum in Japan’s smartphone market.
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The firm is introducing alternative app stores, payment systems, and browser options that could reshape mobile computing globally.
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The incident occurred in September, and the Japanese firm has now released its full internal investigation results.
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SoftBank also revealed its complete divestment from Nvidia, which generated $5.8 billion.
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Sympathy Tower Tokyo attracted controversy for being partly written using AI. Does its author think the technology could write a better novel than a human?
“I don’t feel particularly unhappy about my work being used to train AI,” says Japanese novelist Rie Qudan. “Even if it is copied, I feel confident there’s a part of me that will remain, which nobody can copy.”
The 34-year old author is talking to me via Zoom from her home near Tokyo, ahead of the publication of the English-language translation of her fourth novel, Sympathy Tower Tokyo. The book attracted controversy in Japan when it won a prestigious prize, despite being partly written by ChatGPT.