Category: AI

by Michael Gillan Peckitt January 19, 2026 Number of comments0
AI Deaf Hearing Impaired Imperial Family Japan Podcast

Grok-generated Deepfake Images of Sign Language Literate Imperial Princess Kako Circulate Online [Podcast Episode]

The South China Morning Post reported on January 13th that Grok-generated deepfake images of Japan’s Princess Kako, the niece of Emperor Naruhito, in a bikini circulating online have renewed scrutiny on Elon Musk’s X chatbot. Princess Kako has performed various official duties at home and abroad, while working twice a week since April 2024 at the Japanese Federation of the Deaf, which she joined as a part-time employee in 2021.

by Michael Gillan Peckitt January 18, 2026 1
AI Deaf Disability Imperial Family Japan

Grok-generated Deepfake Images of Sign Language Literate Imperial Princess Kako Circulate Online

The South China Morning Post reported on January 13th that Grok-generated deepfake images of Japan’s Princess Kako, the niece of Emperor Naruhito, in a bikini circulating online have renewed scrutiny on Elon Musk’s X chatbot. Princess Kako has performed various official duties at home and abroad, while working twice a week since April 2024 at the Japanese Federation of the Deaf, which she joined as a part-time employee in 2021.

by Michael Gillan Peckitt July 17, 2024 Number of comments0
AI Disability Employment Japan Technology

‘Seamless Buddy’ AI App Visualizes the Strengths and Weaknesses of People with Disabilities Seeking Employment

“Seamless Buddy,” a system that makes it possible to visualize the abilities of people with disabilities, is attracting attention. In March of this year, the system was recognized, and Yoko Takahashi (50), the representative of Danway (Nakahara Ward, Kawasaki City), which developed it, was selected for the “Kawasaki Entrepreneur Excellence Award.”

by Michael Gillan Peckitt March 8, 2024 2
AI Anime Disability Japan

Introducing the AI Generated Manga about a British Man with a disability taking a walk in Dotonburi, Osaka; Japanese title: ‘足の不自由なイギリス人男性が大阪の道頓堀で散歩している’

Okay, there will be no great manga from Barrier Free Japan quite yet, but we couldn’t resist trying out the ‘Monet‘ app which apparently utilizes ‘Sora AI’.

I asked it to produce images with this prompt: “foreign man with limp with walking stick who has disability walking in Tokyo like anime movie”.