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Call for Public Comments on Draft AI Guidelines for Business to Open
January 19, 2024
Joint Press Release with the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications
A report titled Tentative Summary of AI Issues was compiled (May 2023; AI Strategy Council) to address recent rapid changes in technology, including the dissemination of generative AI. In light of this, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) and the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) integrated and updated the existing related guidelines* and compiled Draft AI Guidelines for Business.
In response, METI and MIC will open a call for public comments on this draft from January 20 (Sat.) to February 19 (Mon.), 2024.
*Note: Three guidelines were integrated: AI R&D Guidelines (2017; MIC), AI Utilization Guidelines (2019; MIC), and Governance Guidelines for Implementation of AI Principles Ver. 1.1 (2022; METI).
1. Overview
The AI Strategy Council (Chair: Dr. Matsuo Yutaka, Professor, School of Engineering, the University of Tokyo) compiled “Tentative Summary of AI Issues” (May 26, 2023), and the report explained Japan’s need to discuss the necessary revision of the existing guidelines and other actions in view of the dissemination of generative AI. In light of this, METI and MIC integrated and updated the existing related guidelines and proceeded with their discussions on well-organized and user-friendly guidelines that target a broad range of AI business actors.
For this purpose, METI established “Expert Group on AI Guidelines for Business” (Chair: Dr. Watanabe Toshiya, Professor, Institute for Future Initiatives, the University of Tokyo) and MIC established “Conference toward AI Network Society” (Chair: Dr. Sudo Osamu, Professor, Faculty of Global Informatics, Chuo University), and these bodies held a series of meetings respectively. Based on the discussion results at the bodies, METI and MIC compiled Draft AI Guidelines for Business. In response, they will open a call for public comments on this draft.
2. Details of the call
3. Documents for the call
To access the Japanese version of the Draft AI Guidelines for Business, which is subject to the call, visit the e-Gov webpage above or the webpage for the Expert Group on AI Guidelines for Business.
4. Period of the call
From January 20 (Sat.) to February 19 (Mon.), 2024
5. How to submit
If you wish to submit your comments, visit the webpage explaining the details of the call shown in Item 2 above and send a completed submission form.
6. Reference
- Webpage for reference materials regarding the call for public comments on the Draft AI Guidelines for Business
- Expert Group on AI Guidelines for Business
- AI Strategy Council
- Results of the G7 Digital and Tech Ministers’ Meeting (December 1, 2023)
Division in Charge
- Digital Economy Division, Commerce and Information Policy Bureau, METI
- Information and Communications Bureau, MIC