The Japanese government’s intellectual property export strategy, known as the “Cool Japan” strategy, proposed its latest amendment in 2024. It identified translation as the primary obstacle in developing overseas markets for Japan’s ACGN (Anime, Comic, Game, Light Novel) industry. To address this challenge, industry players are actively investing in AI translation technology, sparking controversy within the translation industry.

The keen competition of large-language models (LLMs) is pushing various Generative AI operators in China to find alternatives to achieve higher computing power without Nvidia’s advanced GPU cards such as A100.

With Boeing’s current struggles and no clear turnaround in sight, Taiwan’s aerospace supply chain is increasingly looking to “domestic defense autonomy” as the primary driver for market growth. Taiwan’s aerospace supply chain representatives recently revealed that the aerospace industry’s challenges are having a cascading effect on the machine tool sector, as aerospace suppliers purchase machine tools for manufacturing and processing.