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The Asahi Shimbun
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- 1Employers push return-to-office as hybrid work persists●Calls to return-to-office grow as some shift to a hybrid style
Companies are stepping up calls for employees to return to the office, even as many workers and firms settle into hybrid arrangements that split time between home and workplace. The shift has revived debate over productivity, company culture and flexibility, with some organisations enforcing office attendance while others maintain looser hybrid policies. Asahi Shimbun reports the trend is playing out unevenly across industries.
- 2Asahi column warns unregulated AI echoes nuclear-era risks▼VOX POPULI: Unregulated AI damns us with ‘two scorpions in a bottle’ dilemma
Asahi Shimbun's Vox Populi column argues that artificial intelligence, if left unregulated, presents humanity with a 'two scorpions in a bottle' dilemma, evoking Oppenheimer's famous description of nuclear rivals. The piece suggests AI development mirrors the nuclear arms race, where mutual capability brings mutual danger, and calls for governance before the technology becomes uncontrollable.