G7 Officials to Hold First Meeting on AI Regulation Next Week, Will Look at Concerns Around ChatGPT-Like Tools

G7 leaders agreed to create an intergovernmental forum called the "Hiroshima AI process" to debate issues around fast-growing AI tools.

By Reuters | Updated: 26 May 2023 12:37 IST

G7 Officials to Hold First Meeting on AI Regulation Next Week, Will Look at Concerns Around ChatGPT-Like Tools

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G7 government officials will hold the first working-level AI meeting on May 30

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Japan, as this year's chair of G7, "will lead the G7 discussion on AI
The EU is coming closer to enact the world's first major legislation on A
The G7 AI working group will seek input from the Organisation

Group of Seven (G7) nation officials will meet next week to consider problems posed by generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools like ChatGPT, Japan said on Friday.

Leaders of the G7, which includes the United States, European Union, and Japan, last week agreed to create an intergovernmental forum called the "Hiroshima AI process" to debate issues around fast-growing AI tools.

G7 government officials will hold the first working-level AI meeting on May 30 and consider issues such as intellectual property protection, disinformation, and how the technology should be governed, Japan's communications minister, Takeaki Matsumoto, said.

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The meeting comes as tech regulators worldwide gauge the impact of popular AI services like ChatGPT by Microsoft-backed OpenAI.

The EU is coming closer to enacting the world's first major legislation on AI, inspiring other governments to consider what rules should be applied to AI tools.

Japan, as this year's chair of G7, "will lead the G7 discussion on responsive use of the generative AI technology", Matsumoto said, adding the forum hoped to come up with suggestions for heads of state by year-end.

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At last week's Hiroshima G7 summit, leaders also called for developing and adopting international technical standards to keep AI "trustworthy" and "in line with our shared democratic values".

The G7 AI working group will seek input from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Matsumoto told a regular press conference.

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