Regulation, Ethics & Society

Experts discussed how smartphone AI simplifies plant cultivation and the mental and physical benefits of greenery, including Tokyo's initiatives.

• •Smartphone AI features make cultivation methods easier to understand, lowering the barrier to growing plants.
• •Professor Hiroshi Iwasaki from Chiba University's graduate school, who researches the effects of greenery on mind and body, was interviewed.
• •The discussion covered the relationship between plants and humans, as well as Tokyo's initiatives to utilize greenery.

An article examines the relationship between thought and technology in the AI era, citing Norbert Wiener and questioning if the human brain can keep up with AI evolution.

• •It quotes Norbert Wiener, the father of cybernetics, stating that the thinking of an era is reflected in its technology.
• •The article points out that human thought has been reflected in computer technology, particularly in the AI industry, over the past 100 years.
• •Google's Demis Hassabis called the brain a 'biological approximation of a Turing machine,' a view shared by Elon Musk.

Successive cyberattacks on Korean banks leaked data of over 25,000 people, with two banks suspecting AI agent involvement.

• •Cyberattacks on Korean banks since late September leaked personal data of over 25,000 people across four banks, including Shinhan Bank.
• •Two of the attacked banks suspect the attacks were carried out by AI agents.
• •Local media reports highlight cybersecurity issues within Korean financial institutions.

A partnership was established with the aim of forming a 'built-in evaluator' team for AI safety assessments.

Anthropic reported a Florida woman to police after she wrote a diary entry threatening an attack on a Sheriff's office, leading to her indictment on felony charges.

• •Carli Michelle Heller, a resident of Bonita Springs, Florida, wrote a diary entry threatening an attack on a Sheriff's office.
• •The diary entry was written on September 26.
• •Following Anthropic's report to police, Heller was indicted on felony charges.

Apple announced stricter conditions for macOS Full Disk Access permissions, introducing additional controls to address security risks in the AI era.

• •Apple announced on October 2 that it will introduce additional controls regarding macOS Full Disk Access permissions.
• •The mechanism prevents apps from being granted permissions without explicit user action.
• •Security policies were changed to consider the dangers of the AI era.

SpaceX CEO Musk announced plans to rename the AI division to SpaceXSI, following President Trump's order to drop the term 'AI'.

• •On October 4, CEO Musk indicated on X that the subsidiary AI division SpaceXAI would be renamed 'SpaceXSI'.
• •The new name SI stands for 'Super Intelligence'.
• •This renaming was reported as a move following President Trump's order for the US federal government to stop using the term 'AI'.

Companies that sued Google, claiming a sharp traffic drop due to the introduction of 'AI Overviews', have successively lost their cases.

• •Multiple companies had sued Google, citing a significant decrease in web traffic caused by the introduction of the 'AI Overviews' feature.
• •It has become clear that these plaintiff companies have successively lost their lawsuits.
• •This defeat marks the second time this year that Google has lost a case involving similar issues.

A Serverworks survey revealed that over 80% of IT engineers consider AI judgments superior to human ones, yet they cannot delegate final decisions in certain tasks.

• •Serverworks published survey results on AI agents involving 260 IT engineers on August 20, 2026.
• •It was found that AI agents are already implemented at 52.7% of the respondents' workplaces.
• •In all 10 tasks surveyed, the percentage supporting an 'AI-led' approach exceeded that of a 'human-led' approach.

The article compiles survey data on digital transformation, internal fraud, IT freelance countermeasures, the e-invoice market, and quiet quitting in the AI era.

• •It includes surveys on digital transformation in domestic companies due to AI and the reality of internal fraud in listed companies.
• •It mentions the crisis and countermeasures for IT freelancers in the AI era and the rapid growth of the e-invoice receiving service market.
• •It introduces detailed analysis data on the types, causes, and countermeasures for quiet quitting, a minimal work style.