Japan considers formulating AI regulatory rules within the year or taking a softer stance than the EU
Japan considers formulating AI regulatory rules within the year or taking a softer stance than the EU
Japan considers formulating AI regulatory rules within the year or taking a softer stance than the EU.
Japan is leaning toward more lenient rules on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) than the European Union, an official close to the deliberations said, as the country looks to boost economic growth through AI technology and become a leader in cutting-edge chips.
The official said that the Japanese government’s goal is to formulate artificial intelligence management measures by the end of the year. Compared with the strict regulatory rules advocated by the European Union, Japan may be closer to the attitude of the United States.
The Japanese government’s softer approach could undercut the EU’s efforts to establish its rules as global standards, such as requiring companies to disclose the copyright of training data for generative artificial intelligence.
EU Internal Market Commissioner Thierry Breton will visit Tokyo this week to discuss cooperation with the Japanese government and companies in artificial intelligence regulation and deepen cooperation in the field of chips.
Yutaka Matsuo, chair of the Japanese government’s AI Strategy Committee and a professor at the University of Tokyo, called the EU’s AI rules “a bit too strict” and said it was “nearly impossible” to protect copyrights used for deep learning.
The Japanese government has stated several times before that it will not enforce copyright protection on data used in AI training.
The policy allows AI to use any data, whether it is for non-profit or commercial purposes, whether it is for acts other than reproduction, or content obtained from illegal websites or elsewhere.
Yutaka Matsuo also serves as chairman of the Japan Deep Learning Association and is an independent director on the board of Masayoshi Son’s SoftBank Group.
“The question for the EU is not how to promote innovation, but to hold big tech companies accountable,” he said.
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The progress being made in generative artificial intelligence by companies like Microsoft-backed OpenAI is both exciting and worrying because of its potential to transform business and society in general .
“There are some things that are really worrying, and I think these things should probably be of concern to any country,” Breton said of the EU’s approach to AI regulation, which would be a challenge for like-minded partners and friends like Japan or the United States. , I think it’s important to explain what we’re doing.
For Japan, AI could help the country address labor shortages caused by a declining population. It could also spur demand for cutting-edge chips, the sources said. Rapidus, a Japanese government-backed company, plans to produce state-of-the-art chips as part of Japan’s policy to develop cutting-edge industries.
Experts say Japan’s computing power, the computing efficiency of GPUs used to train artificial intelligence, lags far behind that of the United States. Yutaka Matsuo emphasized: “If you increase the GPU in Japan by 10 times, it may still be inferior to the GPU used by OpenAI.”
The U.S. government is also considering legal constraints such as regulations for the fast-growing technology.
US President Joe Biden recently met with artificial intelligence experts and researchers to discuss how to manage the opportunities and risks of artificial intelligence in terms of employment, children’s rights, bias and stereotyping, and information.
Big U.S. tech companies don’t appear to be opposed to safeguards against AI either.
Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai has previously argued that the world needs responsible AI, while Microsoft recently released a 42-page report that includes a “blueprint for public governance of AI.” Sam Altman, chief executive of OpenAI, which supports regulation of artificial intelligence, told US lawmakers: “If the technology goes wrong, it can go wrong.”
