The phrase Japan’s digital minister chose was deliberately stark. Hisashi Matsumoto warned that the country risks becoming an “AI colony” if it fails to keep pace with the technology, using the term to defend a government-backed bill that would amend Japan’s personal-data protection law to let AI developers use medical and criminal records without obtaining […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]
Japan's government has warned OpenAI not to violate copyright laws with its new video model, Sora 2, after a flood of AI-generated clips mimicking famous anime spread online.<br /> The arti [...]
Before it's publicly available later this year, the Irish government is trialing its Government Digital Wallet, which includes a way to verify a user's age to access social media platforms. [...]