Kyoto: Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Monday unveiled a plan to hold a video conference of Group of Seven leaders this autumn to formulate international guidelines and a code of conduct for developers of artificial intelligence tools.

He showed the plan in a speech at a special session of the U.N.-sponsored Internet Governance Forum, being held in the western Japan city of Kyoto.

The envisaged compilation of the guidelines and code of conduct is part of the Hiroshima AI Process, an initiative for international rulemaking on generative AI, according to the Japanese leader.

Kishida also said that the Japanese government’s new economic package, planned to be drawn up late this month, will include aid for the development of computational resources, used for processing huge volumes of data needed for AI development and use, and of basic computational models, as well as stepped-up introduction of AI at small businesses and in the medical field.

The Hiroshima AI Process, which was agreed on at the G-7 summit held in the western Japan city of Hiroshima in May, also calls for creating by year-end international guidelines also covering generative AI users.

Japan holds this year’s presidency of the G-7 forum, which also includes Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy and the United States plus the European Union.

In the address, Kishida also said that promoting the development and dissemination of technologies to confirm and verify senders of information is effective in combating fake images and information created by generative AI.

At a separate IGF session, Japanese communications minister Junji Suzuki said that an international public-private organization on AI plans to set up a related support center in Japan.

At the ongoing IGF, the Japanese government is collecting opinions from various stakeholders, such as AI developers and researchers, with an aim to reflect them in the planned international guidelines to be compiled by the G-7.

JIJI Press