Source: Wikimedia commons, public domain. Whereas Leibniz, Kant, and Hegel could count as optimists (people who think that human life will improve), Schopenhauer is the first (and last) thinker in all ...

AI Ethicist Henry Shevlin is moving from Cambridge to DeepMind. The philosopher—who has spent years studying whether AI systems can have moral status, published on how you'd detect consciousness in a ...

Henry Shevlin's hiring reflects a broader shift underway across the AI industry. Google DeepMind has appointed Henry Shevlin to the role of Philosopher, one of the more unusual job titles to emerge ...

SAN JOSE — A Japanese market that’s poised to offer an array of features is headed to a choice spot in downtown San Jose. Sakura Market has begun to prepare a space along The Paseo de San Antonio next ...

Google DeepMind hired Henry Shevlin, a leading philosopher of mind and AI ethics, to serve as an in-house philosopher. The appointment marks one of the most prominent instances of a major AI lab ...

Sakura Internet shares jumped after Microsoft announced an AI partnership in Japan. Microsoft pledged $10 billion to build AI infrastructure and train workers. SoftBank and Sakura partnered to provide ...

Now that we’re just days from sakura season, updates are coming in on a weekly basis – giving those dreaming of cherry blossoms and warmer days something to look forward to. On March 12, the Japan ...

Japan’s 2026 cherry blossom season started on March 16 with the first blooms opening in Kōchi. This was followed by Nagoya on March 17 and Tokyo on March 19. The capital was officially announced to be ...

A few years ago, if you saw something that was bot-generated in your email inbox, you’d probably mark it as spam and delete it without a second thought. Apropos of nothing, a philosopher and AI ...

American artificial intelligence company Anthropic – which has developed the family of large language models named Claude – has created a unique position in their firm. Amanda Askell says there is a ...

The Japanese authorities on Feb 3 announced it would cancel the annual cherry blossom festival at Arakurayama Sengen Park, a spring tradition that draws 200,000 each year, with the Fujiyoshida city ...

Palantir is one of the world’s most valuable companies, analyzing data for businesses, but also for U.S. and Israeli intelligence agencies. The Philosopher in the Valley, a new book by Michael ...