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Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Altman exchanged views on the
technological progress and merits of AI as well as its risks
including privacy and copyright infringement, chief cabinet
secretary Hirokazu Matsuno said.
Japan will evaluate the possibility of introducing artificial
intelligence-powered technology such as OpenAI's ChatGPT chatbot,
as it examines the benefits and risks, Matsuno added.
ChatGPT - developed by Microsoft Corp backed OpenAI - has raised
privacy concerns, prompting Italy to temporarily ban the chatbot.
"We hope to ... build something great for Japanese people, make
the models better for Japanese language and Japanese culture,"
Altman told reporters after the meeting with Kishida. His visit
to Japan is the first international trip since the launch of
ChatGPT.
At a separate meeting at Japan's ruling party headquarters, the
chief executive expressed hope that Japan, as a geopolitical
power, would play a role in adopting AI and rule-making.
Matsuno told reporters in a briefing Japan would consider
government adoption of artificial intelligence technology such
as OpenAI's ChatGPT chatbot if privacy and cybersecurity
concerns were resolved.
Following Italy's restriction of ChatGPT, which inspired other
European countries to study such measures, OpenAI last week
presented measures to remedy privacy breach concerns to the
Italian regulator.
Japan will continue evaluating possibilities of introducing AI
to reduce government workers' workload after assessing how to
respond to concerns such as data breaches, Matsuno said.
Taro Kono, cabinet minister in charge of Japan's digital
transformation, said on Friday he was hopeful that AI
technologies would "greatly contribute" to the government's
workstyle reforms, although saying it would be difficult to
introduce ChatGPT at public offices soon due to problems such as
machine-generated falsehoods.
Kono said he wants the Group of Seven Digital Ministers'
meeting, slated for April 29-30 in Japan, to discuss AI
technologies including ChatGPT and issue a "united message of
G7".
(Reporting by Kantaro Komiya and Satoshi Sugiyama; Editing by
Kenneth Maxwell and Jacqueline Wong)
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