Japan is turning to artificial intelligence to crack down on manga and anime piracy, aiming to stem copyright losses worth trillions of yen and recover revenue from one of its most valuable cultural exports.
The move comes as creators increasingly look to overseas markets for growth amid stagnating manga and anime sales at home, observers say.
A report by the anti-piracy organisation Authorised Books of Japan last month estimated that illegal online distribution had deprived publishers of about…
‘World is full of pirates’: Japan eyes AI to enforce anime, manga copyright
