OpenAI CEO Sam Altman met with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida to discuss AI's progress, merits, and risks, including ways to mitigate them
After Monday's meeting, Altman told reporters that OpenAI may expand its services and open an office in Japan.
- Altman
said OpenAI hopes to "build something great for Japanese people, make
the models better for Japanese language and Japanese culture."
- Altman said he and Kishida discussed "the upsides of this technology and how to mitigate the downsides."
- Japan is now weighing the idea
of rolling out AI features such as ChatGPT to government employees to
help cut down on workloads, according to Chief Cabinet Secretary
Hirokazu Matsuno.
- He noted that Japan would need to analyze
AI's benefits and risks, including concerns about privacy and data
breaches, before making such a move.
- Meanwhile, Japanese Digital Minister Taro Kono said
he would like to discuss ChatGPT and other AI tech during the Group of
Seven (G7) Digital and Tech Ministers' Meeting in late April.
- He
hopes the meeting results in a "unified message" that the G7 could send
out. Japan is hosting this year's G7 summit in Hiroshima in May.
