industry 1 sources · Aug 18
The policy formalizes a response to the Jojin Kamen scandal, where a creator continued publishing despite a summary order under Japan's child pornography law, and follows a third-party report criticizing Shogakukan's handling.
Animehunch
industry 1 sources · Aug 18
The study maps how Telegram's piracy ecosystem is deliberately structured to resist takedown requests, with interconnected channels, bots, and backup accounts, and the researchers' open-source Anti-RIP tool offers a way to detect it in real time.
GIGAZINE
industrybusiness 1 sources · Aug 18
The deal ties NVIDIA's hardware to a massive new Ohio data center with a 20-year OpenAI lease, and NVIDIA's CEO projects $150 billion to $200 billion in revenue per generation from the site.
GIGAZINE
industrybusiness 1 sources · Aug 18
The completed acquisition gives Cursor access to SpaceX's large GPU cluster, and the immediate release of Grok 4.5 and 4.6 shows the partnership is already yielding concrete AI models.
GameBusiness.jp
industry 1 sources · Aug 18
The ruling, which cites a recent audiobook reading case, signals courts are skeptical of the recap-and-narration video format that many anime commentary channels rely on.
GIGAZINE
industryannouncement 1 sources · Aug 18
Autodesk is pushing AI-assisted tools that remain artist-directable, letting teams train motion models on their own data and edit captured 3D scenes inside standard production pipelines.
ASCII.jp
industrybusiness 1 sources · Aug 18
The partnership pairs Straker's specialized multilingual AI models with IBM's enterprise AI governance and orchestration tools, aiming to set a new standard for AI-assisted disclosure and global communication for Japanese companies.
ASCII.jp
industrybusiness 1 sources · Aug 18
The partnership pairs a generative AI video specialist with an AI adoption consultancy to move AI video work from experimental projects into practical corporate use.
ASCII.jp
industrybusiness 1 sources · Aug 17
Kakao Entertainment is consolidating its webtoon and web novel production arms into a single company under the Samyang C&C name to strengthen its IP business and global pipeline.
Anime News Network
industrybusiness 1 sources · Aug 17
The acquisition, at over five times OpenRouter's last private valuation, would put a major payments platform in control of a gateway that routes usage across hundreds of AI models.
GIGAZINE
industrybusiness 1 sources · Aug 17
The completed deal puts Cursor inside SpaceX with access to the world's largest GPU fleet, which Cursor says will let it build more powerful models at lower operational costs.
GIGAZINE
industrybusiness 1 sources · Aug 17
The U.S. launch extends the KAZÉ brand that HarperCollins acquired from Crunchyroll's French and German manga operations in July 2025, bringing its European catalog to the American market.
Anime News Network
industrybusiness 1 sources · Aug 17
The variable compensation model, paying per use rather than a fixed fee, would be an unusual departure from typical AI-news contracts and could set a precedent for how AI assistants license news content.
ASCII.jp
industrybusiness 1 sources · Aug 17
The partnership combines Remixpoint's customer base and sales capability with REXEV's energy management technology and market operation know-how, aiming to create a stock-type business model with continuous revenue from remote control and market operation.
ASCII.jp
industryannouncement 1 sources · Aug 17
The partnership pairs financial education with Web3 entertainment to create a more accessible entry point for investment beginners.
ASCII.jp
industrybusiness 1 sources · Aug 16
The publisher is moving from investigation to concrete policy, with executive salary cuts and a Human Rights Committee led by senior managing director Kumiko Hanazuka.
Anime News Network
industrybusiness 1 sources · Aug 15
The alliance pairs ASOBISYSTEM's overseas market development with ORIGINAL's Time Out Tokyo network to build the business infrastructure needed to convert international interest in Japanese culture into sustainable revenue.
GameBusiness.jp
industrybusiness 1 sources · Aug 15
The partnership moves TV metadata from a reporting tool into an operational one, letting companies feed broadcast data into AI-driven workflows across retail, finance, food service, and other sectors.
GameBusiness.jp
industry 1 sources · Aug 15
The mayor's endorsement adds political weight to a bill that would restructure Amazon's DSP model in New York, potentially forcing the company to take direct responsibility for thousands of delivery workers.
GIGAZINE
industryannouncement 1 sources · Aug 15
Anilink gives anime staff a self-managed record of their credits and work availability, addressing the difficulty of verifying staff rolls after broadcast and the burden of maintaining external databases.
GameBusiness.jp
industrybusiness 1 sources · Aug 14
The alliance marks Comture's first concrete step in shifting its growth driver from headcount and utilization to AI use and companion support, as outlined in its new medium-term plan.
ASCII.jp
industrybusiness 1 sources · Aug 14
The quarter shows KADOKAWA's game segment resetting after the ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN launch year, with the publishing side carrying growth while the company absorbs production cost pressure and early retirement special losses.
Denfaminicogamer
industry 1 sources · Aug 14
The takedown shows Naver WEBTOON's anti-piracy team tracking rebranded sites and coordinating with international authorities to shut down major English-language piracy operations.
Anime News Network
industry 1 sources · Aug 14
The appointment puts a blockchain-focused community leader in Anthropic's official ambassador program, with Iwasaki planning quarterly practitioner events starting in Tokyo this September.
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