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US, Japan join Philippines in South China Sea drills

MANILA, July 26 - The U.S. and Japan joined the Philippines in maritime exercises in the South China Sea, as the Filipino and Chinese governments traded accusations following an encounter between vessels from their countries in the disputed waters.

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How Japan is putting AI in its cybernetic place

Much of the Western debate about artificial intelligence centers on the machine itself. Will AI become conscious? Will it surpass human intelligence? Could it acquire goals of its own and escape human control? Japan’s Society 5.0 begins from a different premise. Rather than

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