Kenji Tanaka
Kenji Tanaka is Asia Technology Correspondent, focusing on technology developments across East and Southeast Asia. He covers robotics, manufacturing technology, and regional tech policy. Kenji studied Engineering at University of Tokyo and worked in the tech industry before journalism. His reporting appears in Nikkei Asia, South China Morning Post, and Reuters. He is based in Tokyo and fluent in Japanese, Mandarin, and English.
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GLM 5.2: The Quiet Revolution in Open-Source Language Models
The latest release from Tsinghua University’s KEG Lab advances the frontier of accessible AI, blending performance with transparency in ways …
The Census Privacy Dilemma: When Transparency Collides With Security
The U.S. government's decision to abandon differential privacy in Census data raises critical questions about the balance between accuracy and …
The Economy of Attention: Why Human Effort Remains the Ultimate Currency
In an age of algorithmic curation and instant gratification, the most valuable signal in a sea of noise is genuine …
The Attention Economy Demands Proof of Human Effort
In an era of algorithmic noise and synthetic content, the currency of attention is increasingly reserved for those who demonstrate …
The Attention Economy’s Unwritten Rule: Show Your Work
In an era of information overload, the currency of human attention demands proof of human effort. The digital landscape rewards …