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LatestMercari Moves AI Leadership Into HR as It Tests AI-Native Workflowsai
LatestNvidia and Foxconn Push Agentic AI Into Taiwan Hospitalsai
LatestJapan’s AI Suitcase Turns Assistive Mobility Into a Robotics Test Caseai
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Mercari Moves AI Leadership Into HR as It Tests AI-Native Workflows
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Mercari Moves AI Leadership Into HR as It Tests AI-Native Workflows

Mercari's Japan business CTO Toshiya Kimura is becoming CHRO and CAIO as the company links AI adoption with organizational redesign. The company has tested smaller AI Pods and found faster decisions, but also limits around design, compliance and cross-functional work. Mercari plans to make HR itself AI-first while using governance across legal, privacy, security, public policy and AI expertise.

June 1, 2026Read More →
Japan’s AI Suitcase Turns Assistive Mobility Into a Robotics Test Case
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Japan’s AI Suitcase Turns Assistive Mobility Into a Robotics Test Case

CAAMP, a consortium that includes university research institutes and IBM Japan, has developed the AI Suitcase to guide visually impaired users with sensors, cameras, motors and AI. The suitcase is being tested at locations including Miraikan, New Chitose Airport and Tokyo’s Nihonbashi district, where 39 visually impaired participants completed a monthlong indoor trial without collisions. An updated indoor-and-outdoor model is planned for Expo 2025 in Osaka, with CAAMP aiming to collect feedback from 2,000 to 3,000 people without visual disabilities.

June 1, 2026Read More →
SoftBank’s €75 Billion France Plan Signals Europe’s AI Infrastructure Race
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SoftBank’s €75 Billion France Plan Signals Europe’s AI Infrastructure Race

SoftBank plans to invest up to €75 billion in AI data centres in France, with initial sites expected to come online in five years. The first phase includes €45 billion for 3.1 GW of capacity in Hauts-de-France by 2031, including locations in Dunkirk’s Loon-Plage, Bosquel and Bouchain. The plan could strengthen Europe’s AI infrastructure base, but questions remain over financing, regulatory approvals and what technological sovereignty means when a Japanese group leads the buildout.

June 1, 2026Read More →
Grep Adds LLM Agent To Monito As Online Proctoring Shifts Toward Context Review
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Grep Adds LLM Agent To Monito As Online Proctoring Shifts Toward Context Review

Grep said its Monito online proctoring product now uses an LLM agent to analyze context around suspected cheating events. The company cited internal tests showing more than 30 percent shorter post-exam review time and nearly 20 percent fewer false alerts. The key issue is whether agent-based proctoring can improve review efficiency while preserving human final judgment and candidate fairness.

June 1, 2026Read More →
Om AI Bets on Edge Multimodal Models as China AI Startups Move Toward Deployment
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Om AI Bets on Edge Multimodal Models as China AI Startups Move Toward Deployment

Om AI Technology is focusing on compact edge-side multimodal vision models for PCs, cameras, robots and other devices rather than very large cloud models. At BEYOND Expo 2026, the company showed OttoBox AI Studio, a local-AI content tool for video analysis, asset matching, script generation and fast production. The next test is whether its VLX edge multimodal model can improve video understanding and decision-making while keeping operating costs lower.

June 1, 2026Read More →
Tokyo Uses Record-Scale SusHi Tech 2026 To Push Startup And Urban Innovation Agenda
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Tokyo Uses Record-Scale SusHi Tech 2026 To Push Startup And Urban Innovation Agenda

SusHi Tech Tokyo 2026 opened at its largest scale, with projected attendance of more than 60,000 and around 10,000 expected business meetings. Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike and Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi used the opening to frame startups as a shared national and metropolitan economic priority. The key test is whether new support programs, corporate partnerships and overseas participation translate into repeatable funding, pilots and market access.

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