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Japan to Propose Rules for Generative AI to G7 Leaders: Yomiuri

Japan to Propose Rules for Generative AI to G7 Leaders: Yomiuri

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Prime Minister Fumio Kishida declared Japan’s commitment to spearheading the establishment of international regulations for trustworthy artificial intelligence (AI) during a speech at the annual Science and Technology in Society forum in Kyoto on Sunday.

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Highlighting Japan’s leadership, Kishida announced the proposal of the Hiroshima AI Process, a framework designed to address concerns related to generative AI, while holding the chairmanship of the G7 industrialized nations.

“With a view to ensuring trustworthy AI, Japan is now taking the lead in international rule-making on governance and transparency,” stated the prime minister, emphasizing the nation’s pivotal role in shaping the future of AI governance.

The decision to create the Hiroshima AI Process was made during the G7 summit meeting in Hiroshima in May. The G7 leaders aim to formulate international rules regarding generative AI by the year’s end, addressing issues such as the potential spread of false information and infringement of intellectual property rights, including copyrights.

Key areas of discussion during the international rulemaking deliberations will include the establishment of effective regulations across various fields like education, security, and elections. Additionally, preventing the concentration of generative AI development platforms in the hands of a few IT giants, thus avoiding service monopolization, will be a priority.

Prime Minister Kishida expressed his commitment to promoting advanced technologies like generative AI while acknowledging the necessity of addressing the negative social impacts and ethical concerns associated with such innovations. Disinformation, privacy concerns, and copyright protection were specifically mentioned as areas requiring serious attention.

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In response to rising concerns over disinformation, a new digital technology named Originator Profile has gained attention. This technology enables internet users to verify the credibility of information through digital signatures attached to online content, including news, corporate websites, and advertisements. These digital signatures are authenticated by a third-party organization, providing a potential countermeasure against the proliferation of false information.

As Japan takes the lead in proposing comprehensive rules for generative AI to the G7 leaders, the international community awaits the development of regulations that balance technological advancements with ethical considerations and societal well-being.

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What is the “Hiroshima process” to govern AI?

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G7 leaders expressed worry over the disruptive potential of quickly developing technologies and agreed that governance in the arena of generative AI must adhere to G7 ideals. The nations are scheduled to undertake cabinet-level conversations on the matter as part of what they are referring to as the “Hiroshima Process” and the leaders indicated in an address at the G7 summit on Friday that the outcomes will be presented by the end of the year.

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Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida requested cooperation towards a secure, cross-border flow of data and pledged financial support to such an effort in order to ensure that AI research is human-centric and reliable.

The plea for stronger regulation is consistent with those made by business and political leaders around the world after OpenAI’s ChatGPT sparked a race for businesses to build the technology more swiftly.

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It’s feared that if the developments — which can create writing that is authoritative and human-sounding and make images and videos — go unchecked, they will become a potent instrument for deception and political upheaval. This week, Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, and the privacy leader of International Business Machines urged US senators to tighten AI regulations.

World Health Organisation warned this week in a statement that implementing AI too soon carried the danger of causing medical blunders, which might damage people’s confidence in the technology and impede its adoption.

Altman and other individuals have been called to the UK by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak in order to develop a strategy to address both the hazards and advantages of AI.

The European Union is moving towards regulating AI tools by requiring businesses to ensure that users are aware when they are dealing with AI and by outlawing its use for real-time identification of individuals in public. According to Altman, establishing a new regulatory body would help the US preserve its dominance in the industry.

In contrast to strong regulatory legislation like those in the EU, the Japanese government frequently favors regulating AI under laxer guidelines.

Hiroki Habuka, the senior associate at the Wadhwani Centre for AI and Advanced Technologies, said that if there is a serious issue, the government should eventually use hard legislation to enforce its policies. But if the law is very specific, it won’t be able to keep up with technological advancements.

It will be difficult to establish an international standard for generative AI regulation at this time since different values are considered appropriate in society in each of the G7 nations, he said.

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G7 Summit 2019 : France, U.S. Strike Compromise on Digital Tax

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The 45th G7 summit just took place in France and became the centre of discussion for various reasons. One of the reasons being the meeting between Indian PM Narendra Modi and Trump as well as the rejection of $20 million aid for stopping the Amazon forest fire by Brazil. But one of the main agenda that was sorted out at the summit was the controversial French Digital Tax.

During the conference at the G7 summit, President Donald Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron announced that they have agreed on finding a way to put a fair tax on the big foreign tech companies operating in France. But until the OECD does not set some proper tax guidelines, France will retain the same digital tax.

Macron also admitted that the controversy based on the new taxes has also affected the business of the French wine in the U.S. He also admitted that it has become expensive for big companies like Facebook and Google to operate their business in France.

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The 134 OECD countries have been working towards establishing a new set of rules for the tech companies to operate in foreign countries, and France promised at the G7 summit that it would remove its digital tax asap OECD will finalise the new rules. The announcement also indicated that the rules may arrive as soon as 2020.

In July, France imposed new digital tax for the big foreign tech companies operating in the country. The digital tax is based on the local profits rather than the global revenues those companies earn. According to French digital tax the companies that make over a €25 million (around $27.7 million) in France, or €750 million (around $830 million) worldwide, will need to pay an extra 3% tax to the French government. This way, the GAFA companies, i.e. Google, Apple, Facebook and Amazon (all the U.S. based companies) are becoming the main targets of France.

But after the agreement, the Tax Authority of France will look on the taxes that those companies have paid and the taxes they will pay under France’s digital tax policy. It will also calculate the amount these companies will be paying after OECD establishes the new tax rules for them. Concluding the extra paid tax, the French government will reimburse the extra amount back to those companies.

“Everything that is paid in excess compared to the international solution will be credited to the company,” said the French Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire.

The new agreement will help the two companies to reduce the tension as well as the trade conflict between them.