Managing Technology

Alerts follow Intellexa-linked intrusions exploiting zero-day flaws across dozens of countries

AI scaled fast in 2025 but not in the ways regulators or institutions expected, with failures across chatbots, newsrooms, courts, policing and deepfake-driven fraud.

SoftBank CFO Yoshimitsu Goto told Nikkei Asia the group aims to become OpenAI’s largest shareholder and will not back rival model developers.

The information technology minister told Parliament that fake news and AI-generated deepfakes are a “serious threat” and said draft rules will mandate faster takedowns and clear labelling of synthetic media.

The reversal follows days of protests over privacy risks, constitutional rights and the prospect of a non-removable state app on every handset.