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The article explains Yupo's problem-solving approach and its digital transformation efforts to use AI to inherit veterans' tacit knowledge.

• •Yupo has expanded its applications from optical sheets to medical triage tags, leveraging its problem-solving ability where complaints are seen as the greatest business opportunity.
• •The company embodies its service-oriented approach by competing with major IT firms through organizational reforms that integrate sales, development, technology, and co-creation departments.
• •The article details the background of Yupo's digital transformation initiative to use AI to inherit the extensive tacit knowledge veterans have accumulated in handling troubles.

An article summarizes expert opinions on the causes behind the recent surge of unauthorized access and data leaks at Japanese companies since late September.

• •Since late September, Japanese companies have successively announced unauthorized access and associated data leaks.
• •Expert opinions are introduced regarding whether AI is the cause of these incidents.

UEL launched domestic 3D CAD/CAM/CAE software CADmeister 2026, adding a feature to reflect surrogate AI predictions into CAD data.

• •A new integration feature was added to reflect surrogate AI prediction results into CAD data.
• •Features such as CAM automation, 3D drawing inspection, and similar shape search have also been enhanced.
• •The software supports improved efficiency and design quality in mold design and manufacturing.

A Tokyo court dismissed voice actor Kenjiro Tsuda's request to delete AI voice data, but lawyers clarified this does not make AI voice use legal.

• •On September 30, the Tokyo District Court dismissed Tsuda's deletion request.
• •The ruling does not indicate that using AI voices similar to voice actors is acceptable.
• •A lawyer explained the key issues in the 'Tsuda Ken AI lawsuit'.

Gartner published ten common misconceptions companies have about adopting physical AI, noting that combining field data with AI alone is insufficient.

• •A widespread misconception exists that deploying robots, collecting field data, and adding AI guarantees success.
• •Gartner revealed ten common misconceptions companies hold regarding physical AI.
• •It argues that field data alone is insufficient and emphasizes the need for correct understanding.

A serialized article explains how to make a 3D CAD chair model visually appealing using rendering features and generative AI.

• •This is the 16th installment of the 'Teruemon Quest II' series, which compares readers aiming to improve design skills to adventurers.
• •The article uses the 3D chair model created in the previous installment as its subject.
• •It introduces methods for making the model appealing using rendering features and generative AI.

Analysis of the structure of "invisible AI waste" explaining why corporate bills rise despite falling AI token unit prices.

• •Although AI token unit prices have continued to fall, total corporate bills are increasing.
• •The focus is on the mechanism of "token waste" that grows without users realizing it.
• •The article explores the true nature of the contradictory phenomenon of falling unit prices and rising expenditure.

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.

Toshiba Device & Storage announced it will expand nearline HDD production lines to meet data infrastructure demand in the AI era.

• •Toshiba Device & Storage, responsible for HDD manufacturing in the Toshiba Group, announced the expansion of nearline HDD production lines.
• •The announcement addresses why HDDs are gaining attention and the data infrastructure demand in the AI era.
• •The content explores the specific demand Toshiba Device & Storage targets as a data foundation for the AI era.

NTT Docomo Business explained a new approach to offloading physical AI functions to communication networks and the evolution from IoT.

• •It is noted that embedding all functions for robots and autonomous driving in devices has cost and size limitations.
• •The company proposed offloading physical AI functions to the communication network side.
• •The article examines how the IoT foundation evolves into physical AI through the company's specific initiatives.