Unseen Japan: Japan’s Anime and Manga Industries Are Feeling the AI Squeeze . “In 2024, Japan’s otaku-related industries reached a total market value of $25 billion, in no small part due to an explosion in global popularity. As an IP-driven industry, however, the sudden appearance and expansion of generative AI (GenAI) threw a massive wrench into the works at the height of this anime boom. […]

"Vom Mond aus gesehen, sind wir
Nachbarn."

Antwort eines japanischen Fotofreundes auf meine Sehnsucht einmal nach Japan zu reisen.

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Techdirt: Greater Than Zero: The Anti-AI Pushback On Gaming Preservation Efforts Makes No Sense. “I’m not some AI evangelist. I fully recognize that there are error and other problems with AI… and I imagine there always will be, to some extent. AI is not always, or perhaps even mostly, the right tool to use. Nor will it always have benefits that outweigh problems it creates for we human […]

abduzeedo: Utopia Tokyo: Interactive Web Design Meets Japanese Masks. “The core of the site is a collection of 14 Japanese masks — Samurai, Oni, Hannya, Tengu, Kitsune, Kappa, Noh, Kendo, and more. Each mask is rendered as a highly detailed 3D object. They appear in a grid layout with animated frame corners that pulse like targeting reticles. Clicking a mask opens a detail panel with cultural […]

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