[Link] Man Arrested for Unblurring Japanese Porn With AI in First Deepfake Case

Read: 19/10/2021 www.vice.com

Japanese police on Monday arrested a 43-year-old man for using artificial intelligence to effectively unblur pixelated porn videos, in the first criminal case in the country involving the exploitative use of the powerful technology.

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[Link] ‘You’ll Regret This For the Rest of Your Life’: Yakuza Boss Told Judge After Death Sentence

Read: 26/8/2021 www.vice.com

Satoru Nomura, the 74-year-old head of one of Japan’s most dangerous crime groups, Kudo-kai, was convicted for the attacks, including the killing of a fishermen’s union chief, carried out between 1998 and 2014. His second-in-command, 65-year-old Fumio Tanoue, was sentenced to life imprisonment.

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[Link] Nintendo Lawsuit Forces Japanese Dev To Cough Up $30 Million

Read: 5/8/2021 kotaku.com

In December 2017, Nintendo sued Japanese developer Colopl over patent infringements in the free-to-play mobile game Shironeko Project. According to an official statement, Colopl has agreed to pay Nintendo 3.3 billion yen ($30 million).

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