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At the November 9 earnings briefing, SoftBank President Junichi Miyakawa apologized for the unauthorized access suffered by subsidiary IDC Frontier in October, saying, “It is deeply regrettable, and we are filled with remorse.” He also spoke about the continual discovery of new vulnerabilities as AI advances, saying, “Honestly, I am completely exhausted,” revealing his struggle to respond to cyberattacks. President Miyakawa speaking at the SoftBank Group e

AWS Health Impact Initiative (Photo=AWS) ■ Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced the “AWS Health Impact Initiative,” which supports AI and cloud infrastructure for organizations developing solutions to bridge healthcare disparities among medically underserved populations. It will provide $100 million worth of technology support over the next five years, with eligible recipients including nonprofit organizations, government and research institutions, and comp

(Photo=KT) KT released its third-quarter results, showing declines in both revenue and operating profit. On the 10th, KT reported consolidated revenue of 6.9975 trillion won and operating profit of 505.3 billion won for the third quarter of this year. They fell 1.8% and 6.1%, respectively, from the same period last year. KT explained that the decline in performance was due to a base effect, as one-off gains from home sales related to land development for t

(Photo=OpenAI) OpenAI unveiled a central control system that quickly blocks additional output when dangerous behavior or security issues are detected in the AI models it is researching. It is designed to respond to safety issues without terminating the model or research program itself, blocking only the execution permission of the task in which the issue occurred so that other research is unaffected. On the 9th (local time), OpenAI introduced a “Control Ro

Meta announced that it will expand AI-powered age-estimation technology worldwide to provide account protections even to 13- to 17-year-olds who misrepresent their age. Expanding Teen Account Protections to Teens Around the World https://about.fb.com/news/2026/11/expanding-teen-account-protections-to-teens-around-the-world/ For more than a decade, Meta has worked with experts in various fields to develop tools and resources that enable teens and their fami

There are indications that the reasoning capabilities of Anthropic’s AI model “Claude Opus 5.5” may have declined sharply around November 3, 2026. Developer Shane Melaugh analyzed approximately 1,400 usage records for the AI programming assistant “Claude Code” and found significant changes in the wording used to express the AI’s reasoning and in the way it approached tasks, despite the model name remaining unchanged. is Opus 5.5 nerded?I just had Gemini 4

Founded only four months ago and already raised over US$100 million: TensorWorld Wuyuan Technology is making its “physically realistic” approach work 2026-11-10 15:50:26 Source: QbitAI TensorWorld Wuyuan Technology has already raised over US$100 million in funding within one month Imagine this scenario: a humanoid robot stands in a kitchen, facing a glass cup near the edge of a table. It extends its robotic hand to push the cup farther in—apply slightly to

Let every task become the starting point for the next step forward Yunzhong, from Aofeisi Temple QbitAI | QbitAI’s official WeChat account Why does an Agent get stronger the more you use it, yet still get “tripped up” by the environment? Your colleague uses an Agent to organize reports and sails smoothly all the way. You use the same model, tools, and workflow, but with your own files, the Agent starts reading them repeatedly and reworking the results cons

On November 10, Ant Lingbo Technology open-sourced the tactile foundation model LingBot-Touch On November 10, Ant Lingbo Technology open-sourced the tactile foundation model LingBot-Touch, filling a critical gap in tactile perception for robot brains. The model was pre-trained on nearly 5,000 hours of real tactile data and covers three mainstream sensing principles: magnetic tactile sensing, vision-based tactile sensing, and piezoresistive sensing. It can

Park Sung-yul, head of LGU+’s Enterprise Business Innovation Group (executive vice president), Hong Gwan-hee, head of the Information Security Center (CISO/CPO/executive vice president), and Frank Jüttner, CEO of TUV Rheinland Korea, pose for a photo holding their certificates. (Photo=LGU+) LG Uplus has become the first telecommunications company in South Korea to receive Level 3 certification under the international automotive cybersecurity standard. LGU+

It has emerged that Japan Kentucky Fried Chicken has been using generative AI to create some of its product images. On November 10, in an interview with ITmedia NEWS, the company’s public relations department said that generative AI is sometimes used when creating product images for trial-sale menu items such as floats. Post that attracted attention Since around the 6th, there has been discussion on X over whether the product images for “Cola Float” and “M

Image of fire blanket installation (Source: press release; same below) When mobile batteries or other items emit smoke or catch fire inside a train, initial firefighting with a fire extinguisher will be supplemented by covering the affected item with a fire blanket and submerging it in water in a bucket. The aim is to prevent re-ignition through this treatment. The number of items installed per trainset varies by train. For example, Tokaido Shinkansen trai

U.S. Anthropic revealed on its official X account that it had received notice from the U.S. government allowing access to its AI model “Claude Mythos 5” to resume, limited to select U.S. organizations that operate and defend critical infrastructure, as of June 26 (local time). “Claude Fable 5” is not included. Mythos 5, which the company describes as its “most powerful cybersecurity model,” is set to partially resume following the blanket suspension impose

The U.S. company OpenAI began a limited preview of its next-generation “GPT-5.6” model series on June 26 (local time). It consists of three models: the flagship “Sol,” “Terra” for everyday business tasks, and the fast, inexpensive “Luna.” The names are said to represent a “hierarchy of capabilities” (OpenAI has not explained the origins of the names, but Sol, Terra, and Luna are Latin words referring to the sun, Earth, and moon, respectively). The models a

Companies are steadily expanding their use of image-generation AI and exploring its possibilities. Examples of incorporating it into advertising or using it to edit photographs are no longer unusual. In recent years, led by apparel companies, there have been many attempts to combine AI-generated images of clothing customers do not possess with their own photos, enabling virtual “try-ons.” KAINZ is one such company. However, what can be tried on is not clot

The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry is providing DeNA with a total of ¥1.5 billion in subsidies for smartphone game development—an article published by Nikkei Online on June 26 sparked criticism on X, with comments such as, “Do cash-rich companies need support?” In response to the reaction, MIXI President Koki Kimura defended DeNA, saying, “At most ¥1.5 billion.” His remarks have also drawn criticism, but he continues to rebut by presenting, among

U.S. Apple is lobbying the Trump administration over the procurement of memory from CXMT, a major Chinese semiconductor maker. The British Financial Times (FT) reported on June 26 (local time), citing people familiar with the matter, and Bloomberg and Reuters subsequently followed with reports of their own. Apple declined to comment, and the White House did not respond to FT’s request for comment. CXMT is China’s largest DRAM manufacturer. DRAM is a semico

The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry released a comment on June 29 in response to criticism on X that its plan to provide funding on the order of hundreds of millions of yen to major companies such as DeNA through the content industry subsidy program “IP360” amounted to “a benefit to large companies.” The ministry explained that the measure was “not financial assistance, but an investment-promotion initiative that will stimulate approximately ¥100 b

The South Korean government held a national report meeting titled “Republic of Korea Great Leap: Three Major Mega Projects” on June 29 (local time) and announced plans to concentrate investment in three fields: semiconductors, physical AI, and AI data centers. Samsung and SK of South Korea each simultaneously announced large-scale domestic investment plans.