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… We discuss drive through drugstores, how AI solutions used by regular Japanese people are being demonized as misinformation while the G7 (headed by Japan) seeks to regulate the AI ecosystem, and how Japan is using the cheap yen as an excuse to bow out of military spending. Strap in! You are living in interesting times.

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SHOW NOTES FOR EP. 116

HIGH NOT HIGH/NEW PRODUCT

Gunma’s drive-throughs offer everything from sushi to meds

SOCIETY 5.0

Japan high school trials AI as conversation partner to boost English speaking skills

Thousands of education board-distributed tablet computers broken in west Japan

Fake video of Kishida spreads; creator denies malicious intent  

(LINK TO STUPID DEEP FAKE PM KISHIDA VIDEO)

Kishida can’t believe his ears at the sound of him speaking

Japan PM Kishida faces questions from AI bot ChatGPT in Diet

Elon Musk issues warning about 'humanoid robots' in AI 'age of abundance'

WAR

Air Self-Defense Force plane evacuates 46 out of Israel

The #US is quietly arming #Taiwan to the teeth

Japan and Philippine leaders agree to negotiate defense pact and boost ties amid China's aggression

Japan's prime minister tours Philippine patrol ship and boosts alliances amid maritime tensions

PNP on watch vs Chinese ‘sleeper cells’

Weak yen forces Japan to shrink historic military spending plan

Japan, Malaysia to boost defense cooperation

DEDOLLOR

China Delivers Sustainable Development Funding To Hard-Hit Egypt