Tokyo (EFE) – Japan wants to lead the debate on use artificial intelligence (IA) during this weekend’s meeting of G7 Digitalization Ministers, who will seek agreement on the “appropriate” use of this evolving technology.

“While promoting the development of AI, there are risks depending on how it is used, so it is important to consider the proper rules. I want to prepare a document on specific steps in this regard,” he said Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications of Japan, Takeaki Matsumoto.

Matsumoto decided on this issue on the eve of the commencement of the two-day meeting of the holders Digitization and Technology of the G7 countries (Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, United Kingdom and United States) in the city of Takasaki, in Gunma Prefecture, about 107 kilometers northwest of Tokyo.

“At a time when digital society is entering a period of great change, it is very important for the G7 to meet and discuss it,” the Japanese minister added in a statement compiled by Japan’s public channel NHK.

The document expected to be adopted at the meeting will seek to promote AI management initiatives amid the rapid development of tools with this technology and growing concerns about potential data leakage from users, according to local media reports.

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Artificial intelligence regulation

It is hoped that some commitments will emerge from the meeting regarding the management of artificial intelligence, as well as the secure and distribution of data communication standards 6G.

Currently each country has its own regulations regarding AI, adapted to their respective legal systems. The G7 aspires to lay the groundwork for outlining a joint plan that will pave the way towards the creation of a new system that supports international exchange and in which the public and private sectors collaborate.

In fact, managers from some of the leading companies in the sector have visited Japan in recent weeks, amidst the boom of such platforms ChatGPT and with open debates about the regulation of artificial intelligence at a global level.

The most recent visit was from Amazon Web Services Vice President of Global Public Policy, Michael Punke, who in an interview with the Nikkei business newspaper this Friday expressed his opinion that AI is “too broad” and “there shouldn’t be regulation” about.

In early April, Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, visited the archipelago and had a rare meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.

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