IT [Description] Collaboration Campaign between ‘Gemini’ and ‘Dragon Quest’
Google's generative AI "Gemini" and the national RPG "Dragon Quest" have launched large-scale collaborations both in the...
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economy [News] Anthropic settles $1.5 billion in lawsuit over book use on pirate site
U.S. AI startup Anthropic has agreed to a $1.5 billion settlement in a class-action lawsuit accused of using book data o...
IT [Explanation] “Agency Agents” with over 230 pre-built agents
The open-source project "The Agency" has released over 230 pre-built AI agents, attracting explosive attention among eng...
economy [News] China approves the provision of generative AI feature “Apple Intelligence”
On July 15, 2026, Chinese authorities officially approved the provision of Apple's proprietary AI technology, "Apple Int...
economy [News] Mitsubishi Heavy Industries joins as a cooling system provider partner for NVIDIA’s next-generation data centers
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries has officially joined as a cooling system provider partner for the construction of Nvidia's ...
Civil engineering [News] Kajima Acquires Computing Workshop, Responsible for Development and On-Site Implementation of Measurement and Construction Management Systems
Kajima Corporation has announced that it will make Computing Workshop, which boasts the top domestic market share in tun...
IT [Explanation] Moonshot AI stops accepting new users
Chinese AI startup Moonshot AI stopped accepting new individual users immediately after the release of its latest large ...
IT [Explanation] Commercially Usable Anime-Specialized Video Generation AI “AnimeGen”
AI development venture AIdeaLab Inc. has released the official version of its video generation AI specialized in anime e...
IT [Explanation] The inference engine “Colibri-Hy3” runs the AI model “Hy3,” which requires more than 140GB of memory, in an environment of about 10GB
In July 2026, an innovative inference engine technology was introduced that enables massive AI models to run in typical ...
economy [News] Nichirei prepares for full reopening next week
On July 17, 2026, Nichirei Co., Ltd., the largest domestic company in frozen foods and refrigerated logistics, announced...