‘Concerns about the management of personal information’
The Japanese government invites employees of ministries and government agencies to refrain from using the artificial intelligence (IA) developed by the Chinese startup Deepseek, due to “concerns about the management of personal information” by society. This was announced by the head of Cabinet Yoshimasa Hayashi during a press conference, in conjunction with the departure of the Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba in the United States for the summit with President Donald Trump.
Government institutions that use applications that concern generative artificial intelligence will have to obtain preventive approval within their organization by specifying the area and purposes of use. “The competent ministries and institutions that deal with this problem will work together to deal with the question of artificial intelligence, including the Deepseek app,” said Hayashi, adding that international cooperation paintings will be established with the government institutions of other countries for collect information on the topic.
The Deepseek’s artificial relational artificial intelligence software, which quickly became the most downloaded app of the Apple Store, continues to attract a lot of attention, in particular among the US allies, since, despite the relatively low development costs compared to the US giants of the Sub -sector, the competitor’s competitor Chat GPT by Openi, launched last year with multi billionaire investments last year. The latest decisions in the matter in Japan follow the similar ones adopted in South Korea, Taiwan, and Australia. In Italy, the Privacy Guarantor sent a request for information to the Chinese app to clarify numerous aspects related to the processing of personal data of users, and “potential risks for millions of Italian citizens”.
According to analysts, it is only the beginning of a struggle for technological domination in the AI who will see the United States and China oppose. In this direction, Washington attempts to restrict sales to Chinese companies of the most advanced chips go.
