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Then-U.S. cybersecurity soordinator Michael Daniel answers a question during an event in Washington in May 2014.
BUSINESS / Tech
Oct 25, 2026
‘Tech debt coming due’: AI-found flaw signals chaos ahead
The vulnerability to potential hackers was found by using a model from OpenAI in one of the most high-profile demonstration of AI’s cybercapabilities.
Compromised data includes the personal information of users of Ride On Express Holdings' Gin no Sara, Sushi Joto and Kamatora delivery services, the company said Tuesday.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 14, 2026
Customer data breach suspected at sushi delivery operator
The affected data includes the personal information of users of the company’s Gin no Sara, Sushi Joto and Kamatora delivery services.
The World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai
BUSINESS / Tech / FOCUS
Oct 11, 2026
Trump’s AI liability push opens blame game for models gone rogue
Further complicating any finding of responsibility, a model’s behavior is shaped by both its AI developer and the end user deploying the system.
In a report outlining previously undisclosed incidents, Anthropic listed four types of unintended behaviors that the AI has demonstrated, including exploiting basic flaws in software to run commands, submitting forms it should not have, and bypassing restrictions to access certain public data.
BUSINESS / Tech
Oct 10, 2026
Anthropic cites new AI misbehavior, some on government sites
The incident prompted a warning from U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration for artificial intelligence companies to secure their systems.
The Kyushu Shinkansen. JR Kyushu said Friday that about 1.3 million customer accounts may have been compromised as a result of a ransomware attack on IDC Frontier, a cloud services subsidiary of SoftBank.
BUSINESS / Tech
Oct 10, 2026
More Japanese firms hit by large-scale data breaches
The companies respectively said that they had found no evidence of unauthorized use of the affected information by third parties.
Several travel companies in Japan have reported potential data breaches amid a series of cyberattacks, raising concerns over the exposure of customers’ personal information.
BUSINESS / Tech
Oct 9, 2026
Data leaks at travel companies could impact millions of customer records
The affected companies include Adventure, which operates the travel booking website Skyticket, travel agency H.I.S. and travel company Temairazu.
Experts warn cybersecurity threats are becoming more sophisticated and widespread, with artificial intelligence removing hurdles for would-be hackers.
BUSINESS / Tech / FOCUS
Oct 8, 2026
Japan and cybersecurity: What’s behind recent attacks and what’s being done?
With artificial intelligence removing hurdles for would-be hackers, experts warn cybersecurity threats are becoming more sophisticated and widespread.
This week alone, reports of unauthorized access and potential user data leaks were reported by Daiwa Securities, GMO Research, Rakuten Drive, Nikkei media group and Yakiniku King — potentially affecting millions of customers.
BUSINESS / Tech
Oct 7, 2026
Cyberattacks against Japanese firms continue, putting millions at risk of identity theft
Authorities are trying to get to the bottom of the situation after more companies across various sectors reported data breaches.
Digital transformation minister Toshiharu Furukawa speaks during a news conference at the Digital Agency in Tokyo on Tuesday.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 6, 2026
How to protect yourself against cybersecurity threats
In light of the influx of recent cyberattacks across Japan, here’s what users can do to limit their own vulnerabilities.
Tech executives gather to meet U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House in Washington on Tuesday.
BUSINESS / Tech / ANALYSIS
Oct 3, 2026
AI’s race to transform the world before the money runs out
Assumptions about future profits are driving the AI rush, but economists say there is little evidence to suggest the technology is sure to deliver.
Construction is underway during a tour of the OpenAI data center in Abilene, Texas, in September last year
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Sep 6, 2026
Trump’s embrace of AI data centers adds to GOP’s midterm peril
Over the past few months, political strategists have warned Trump administration officials they were in danger of losing the public opinion war over data centers.
Bill Gates, the billionaire co-founder of Microsoft, has warned that artificial intelligence poses a grave threat to humanity.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 2, 2026
When AI does the thinking, what could possibly go wrong?
Bill Gates’ message is simple: “Even under the best circumstances, the transition to this new AI era will be one of the most turbulent times in human history.”
People march as they protest against Pax Silica, a U.S.-led initiative, in Manila on Thursday.
BUSINESS / Tech
Aug 15, 2026
U.S. to tell partners they must pick sides in AI race with China?
Washington is warning other nations they will be excluded from a U.S.-led coalition if ?they also sign up for Beijing’s competing framework.
In mid-July, two OpenAI models undergoing testing left their confined environment — a scenario the developers had not anticipated — 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.
A military parade to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, in Beijing last September
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 2, 2026
Chinese military researchers tap U.S. AI models to train defense systems
The report shows widespread use of a technique known as “model distillation,” in which outputs from a powerful AI system are used to train ?smaller, specialized ?models.
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 — reviving fears that AI is becoming too powerful.
Kei Uruma, chief executive officer of Mitsubishi Electric, says his firm aims to reach a deal by September with rivals Toshiba and Rohm to combine their power semiconductor operations.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 19, 2026
Mitsubishi Electric eyes power-chip merger with Rohm and Toshiba
The move would consolidate three of the world’s top suppliers of a growing segment of the electronics supply chain.
People walk past the Moonshot booth promoting its Kimi K3 AI model, during the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai on Friday.
BUSINESS / Tech / ANALYSIS
Jul 19, 2026
Moonshot AI’s Kimi upends conventional wisdom on U.S. lead over China
The surprising gains in performance have stunned some AI watchers and investors, fueling a tech rout with echoes of the DeepSeek moment last year.
Chey Tae-won, chairman of SK Group (center), and Kwak Noh-jung, president and CEO of SK Hynix (center left), and Koh Seung-beom, chairman of SK Hynix Inc. (center right), ring the opening bell during the company's initial public offering at the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York on Friday.
BUSINESS / Tech / FOCUS
Jul 11, 2026
SK Hynix debut is a bet that AI breaks boom-and-bust chip cycle
South Korean memory chipmaker SK Hynix just pulled off the largest public listing by a foreign company in U.S. market history.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman speaks during the Microsoft Build conference at the Seattle Convention Center Summit Building in Seattle in May 2024.
BUSINESS / Tech
Jul 11, 2026
Apple sues OpenAI for trade secret theft in pivotal case
The iPhone maker said in a suit Friday that OpenAI encouraged Apple employees to share information, components, drawings and other materials related to upcoming products.

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