May 28, 1AIFrom Xinhua News Agency.JapanThe full Senate today voted by a majority in favor of passing the first law dedicated to artificial intelligence (AI), aimed atPromoting the development and application of AI-related technologies and preventing their misuse.
The Act on Promotion of Research, Development and Application of Artificial Intelligence-related Technologies states that AI technology is the foundation for Japan's economic and social development, and that it is also an important technology from the perspective of safety and security. Under the new law, the AI Strategy Headquarters, headed by the Prime Minister with the participation of all Cabinet members, is to be established as the "command center" for Japan's AI policy, and the AI Basic Plan is to be formulated. AI Basic Plan".
The new law proposes that Japan should be in the field of AIMaintaining research and development capabilitiesand improve the international competitiveness of related industries. The Government of Japan has the responsibility to comprehensively and systematically formulate and implement measures to promote AI research, development and application.
In order to prevent infringement problems caused by the misuse of AI technology and to alleviate public anxiety over the creation of false information, etc., by generative AI, the new law stipulates that the Japanese GovernmentTo investigate infringements and give advice and guidance to the enterprises involved, and the enterprises are obliged to cooperate with the relevant investigations. The Japanese government will analyze and investigate the use of AI to create fake videos and copyright infringement, and mayDisclosure of the name of the enterprise concerned.
Japanese nationals who use or have used generative AI, according to the 2024 edition of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications' Information and Communication White PaperOnly 9.1% of the population, much lower than the 46.3% of the United States and the 34.6% of Germany.