Japan is leaning toward softer rules governing the use of artificial intelligence (AI) than the European Union, said an official close to deliberations, as it looks to the technology to boost economic growth and make it a leader in advanced chips.
The aim by year end is to work out an approach for AI that will likely be closer to the U.S. attitude than the stringent rules championed by the EU, said the official, who declined to be identified as they were not authorised to talk with media., with requirements such as companies disclosing copyrighted material used to train AI systems that generate content like text and graphics.
EU industry chief Thierry Breton is visiting Tokyo this week to promote the bloc's approach to AI rule-making as well as to deepenThe government official did not elaborate on areas where Japan's rules were likely to differ from those of the EU. The chair of the government's AI strategy council, The University of Tokyo's Prof. Yutaka Matsuo, called the EU's rules a "little too strict," saying it is "almost impossible" to specify copyrighted material used for deep learning.
"With the EU, the issue is less about how to promote innovation and more about making already large companies take responsibility," said Matsuo, who also chairs the Japan Deep Learning Association and is an independent director on the board of Masayoshi Son's
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