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Proof: Japan's entertainment robots diversify with AI, offer comfort

The record — the exact bytes that were hashed

{"first_seen":"2026-10-03T00:22:37Z","headline":"Japan's entertainment robots diversify with AI, offer comfort","kind":"front-page-headline","rank":1,"source":"kyodo","url":"https://english.kyodonews.net/articles/-/87081","v":1}

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SHA-256

011a8c69f8236a393db8488d186cb8b53f348fe0b74a6802dc863e7001351b93

OpenTimestamps

Confirmed in Bitcoin block 969655, mined 2026-10-03 02:11 UTC.

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Wayback Machine

• The record pageCaptured 2026-10-03 00:27 UTC — view the capture.
• The story pageCaptured 2026-10-03 00:27 UTC — view the capture.

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1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-011a8c69f823.json prints 011a8c69f8236a393db8488d186cb8b53f348fe0b74a6802dc863e7001351b93. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. Drop headline-011a8c69f823.json and headline-011a8c69f823.json.ots onto opentimestamps.org, which checks the receipt against the Bitcoin block chain. Or, with the OpenTimestamps client and a Bitcoin node: ots verify headline-011a8c69f823.json.ots (ots upgrade first while the receipt is pending).
3. Open the Wayback Machine's captures above: the capture of the record page shows this hash as it stood then, and the capture of the story page shows the newsroom's own page.

Sealed automatically, 4 min after it was first seen.