Japan will think about authorities adoption of synthetic intelligence know-how corresponding to OpenAI’s ChatGPT chatbot if privateness and cybersecurity issues are resolved, Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno mentioned on Monday.
The remarks from Matsuno, the highest authorities spokesperson, got here shortly earlier than Sam Altman, chief govt of OpenAI, met Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida throughout a go to to Japan, the place Altman mentioned his firm is “looking at opening an office”.
Asked about Italy’s non permanent ban on ChatGPT – developed by Microsoft backed OpenAI – Matsuno advised a information convention that Japan is conscious of different international locations’ actions.
Japan will proceed evaluating potentialities of introducing AI to scale back authorities staff’ workload after assessing how to reply to issues corresponding to information breaches, Matsuno mentioned.
Last week, it was reported that OpenAI was working to treatment issues that led to an Italian ban on the chatbot. Garante mentioned. Microsoft-backed OpenAI took ChatGPT offline in Italy after the nation’s information safety company Garante final week briefly restricted it and started a probe right into a suspected breach of privateness guidelines.
The company final week accused OpenAI of failing to examine the age of ChatGPT customers and the “absence of any legal basis that justifies the massive collection and storage of personal data”.
On Thursday it mentioned it has no intention of placing a brake on creating AI however reiterated the significance of respecting guidelines aimed toward defending the private information of Italian and European residents.
In a video convention late on Wednesday attended by CEO Sam Altman, OpenAI pledged to be extra clear about the best way it handles consumer information and verifies the consumer’s age, Garante mentioned.
The firm mentioned it will ship Garante a doc concerning measures to reply to its requests on Thursday.
The ban by Italy has piqued the curiosity of different privateness regulators in Europe who’re finding out if harsher measures are wanted for chatbots and whether or not to coordinate such actions.
© Thomson Reuters 2023
