Report on the 3rd BAIRAL Research Meeting for Fiscal Year 2025
“Reconsidering the Origin of AI in ‘Ethics by Design’”
2025.Sep.16
On September 2, 2025, the third BAIRAL research meeting for 2025 was held online. Dr. H. Titilola OLOJEDE (Assistant Professor and Head of the Department of Philosophy at the National Open University of Nigeria) gave a presentation titled "Reconsidering the Origin of AI in ‘Ethics by Design’."
Report on the 2nd BAIRAL Research Meeting for Fiscal Year 2025
“AI Society Seen through Childhood Studies”
2025.Aug.15
On July 30, 2025, the second BAIRAL research meeting for 2025 was held online. Dr. Xiao ZHOU (Assistant Professor, Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Tsukuba) gave a presentation titled “AI Society Seen through Childhood Studies.”
Report on the 1st BAIRAL Research Meeting for Fiscal Year 2025
“Watching and Being Watched: When Environmental Design Meets Crime Prevention”
2025.Jul.31
On June 11, 2025, the first BAIRAL research meeting for 2025 was held online. Dr. Sihan YANG (Project Researcher, Collaborative Community Design Lab, University of Tokyo) gave a presentation titled “Watching and Being Watched: When Environmental Design Meets Crime Prevention.”
Report on the 36th B’AI Book Club
Anita Say Chan (2025) Predatory Data: Eugenics in Big Tech and Our Fight for an Independent Future
2025.Jul.31
The 36th session of B’AI Book Club was held on March 25, 2025. Dr. Ai Hisano (Associate Professor, UTokyo) reviewed Anita Say Chan (2025) Predatory Data: Eugenics in Big Tech and Our Fight for an Independent Future (University of California Press).
Report on CulturIA & B’AI Symposium 2025 “AI and Art”
2025.Jun.24
The CulturIA & B’AI symposium “AI and Art” was held on June 18–19, 2025, at the Ito International Research Center, the University of Tokyo.
Report on Lecture by Dr. Kathleen Mae Cumiskey “From the Presence of Absent Others to the Absence of Presence: The impact of emerging technologies on identity and relationships”
2025.Jun.04
On October 8, 2024, The B’AI Global Forum held a lecture by Dr. Kathleen Mae Cumiskey entitled “From the Presence of Absent Others to the Absence of Presence: The impact of emerging technologies on identity and relationships.”
Report on BAITEQ @ SoftBank – Headquarters Tour & Networking Event 2025
2025.Jun.04
On May 20, 2025, the B’AI Global Forum, in collaboration with SoftBank, hosted the "BAITEQ @ SoftBank –Headquarters Tour & Networking Event 2025" at SoftBank's Takeshiba Headquarters.
Report on the 37th B’AI Book Club
Articles Exploring Promises, Risks and Human Value Complexity in AI
2025.Jun.02
The 37th session of B’AI Book Club was held on May 27, 2025. Jingzhi HUANG (Graduate Student Member, B’AI Global Forum) introduced articles exploring Promises, Risks and Human Value Complexity in AI.
Report on the 35th B’AI Book Club (※Research Presentation)
“A Survey of Instagram Usage and the Impact of Algorithms Among Women in Their Early 20s”
2025.May.15
On Tuesday, January 28, 2025, the 35th session of the B’AI Book Club of the B’AI Global Forum was held in a hybrid format. In this session, members of the "AI/Algorithms and Gender Inequality" research group presented on the theme "A Survey of Instagram Usage and the Impact of Algorithms Among Women in Their Early 20s."