AI & Enterprise
Japan digital minister reveals use of closed-network AI Gennai for Diet answers
Japan has officially disclosed it is using generative AI in drafting written answers for the Diet. Digital Minister Hisashi Matsumoto said in a House of Councillors plenary session that Gennai produced a draft of his response. The in-house system runs on a government-only closed network to reduce information leaks. A pilot covering all ministries began in May, with about 180,000 of roughly 290,000 general-service national civil servants participating.
