As reported by Ukrinform, this was reported by Reuters.

“The goal is to develop, by the end of the year, an approach to artificial intelligence that will likely be closer to the US position than the strict rules advocated by the EU,” an anonymous source told the publication.

It is not specified how Japanese rules might differ from EU rules. But the source said Japan’s softer approach could overshadow the EU’s efforts to establish its rules as a global standard.

European Commissioner Thierry Breton will visit Tokyo this week to support the bloc’s approach to artificial intelligence rule-making and deepen cooperation in the semiconductor industry.

Instead, Yutaka Matsuo, a professor at the University of Tokyo and head of the government’s AI Strategy Council, called EU rules “too strict”.

“When it comes to the EU, the question is not how to foster innovation, but how big companies take responsibility,” Matsuo said. said.

As the publication notes, artificial intelligence could help Japan tackle labor shortages.

“It (AI) could also stimulate demand for advanced chips that state-owned Rapidus plans to manufacture as part of an industrial policy aimed at restoring Japan’s lost technological leadership,” the source said.

However, according to experts, Japan’s computing power, which is used for artificial intelligence training, lags far behind the United States.

“If you increase the number of GPUs in Japan by 10 times, it will probably be less than OpenAI,” said Professor Matsuo.

As Ukrinform reported, the US Armed Forces plans to publish a new doctrine on modernization in the long term, which will include the use of artificial intelligence and quantum computing.