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Catherine Thorbecke

Catherine Thorbecke

The Japan Times

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A breakthrough law won’t kill Korea’s AI revolution

01.02.2026 60

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Catherine Thorbecke

Forget DeepSeek, dying alone is China’s latest tech obsession

25.01.2026 90

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Six unresolved AI questions heading into 2026

07.01.2026 90

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Can AI save dying languages?

09.12.2025 70

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What TSMC and Shakespeare can teach Japan's Rapidus

07.12.2025 80

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Photoshopping, not chatbots, might be AI’s killer app

04.12.2025 90

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Will artificial intelligence turn Japan’s ‘irreplaceable treasures’ into slop?

18.11.2025 70

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Banning teens from YouTube won’t keep them safe

14.09.2025 80

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Espionage and tariffs can’t tarnish TSMC’s crown

10.08.2025 90

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China’s AI strategy relies on frenzy and frenemies

30.07.2025 50

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Make the robot your colleague, not overlord

24.06.2025 80

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The magical thinking of Masa Son

24.06.2025 60

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Can Apple salvage the AI iPhone in China?

11.06.2025 50

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Japan urgently needs an AI vibe shift

25.03.2025 40

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DeepSeek’s breakthroughs are too big for the U.S. to ban

05.02.2025 50

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Why Chinese tech keeps surprising the West

31.01.2025 40

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Trump’s bigger China cyber threat isn’t TikTok

30.01.2025 50

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Elon Musk won’t save TikTok

16.01.2025 40

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From TikTok to Nvidia, the tech war is getting uglier

ByteDance’s options for TikTok in the U.S. are looking increasingly desolate, as the tech war between Washington and Beijing boils over. The mutual...

19.12.2024 20

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Catherine Thorbecke