Japanese authorities attract chatbot ChatGPT for administrative work

The Japanese Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries has started using the AI chatbot ChatGPT to draft regulatory documents.

The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries is currently testing a chatbot to simplify official documents and make them easier to understand, Minister Tetsuro Nomura said. For the first time, a branch of the Japanese central government has publicly stated that it is testing OpenAI artificial intelligence, TechnNewsSpace reports.

“We don’t do anything with it [чат-ботом] nothing serious,” Nomura told reporters during another news briefing on April 18, adding that the chatbot will only process publicly available information as there is always a risk of secret information being revealed.

The ministry plans to use a chatbot to update online guides for completing applications for grants and other government assistance, Asahi previously reported. According to the publication, thousands of pages of regulatory changes are made each year, and now the ministry is outsourcing the time-consuming task of updating its page to AI.

Recently, Minister of Digital Reform Kono Taro said at a press conference that there are issues that need to be addressed when using a chatbot, such as: B. Concerns about the processing of the data entered therein and the fact that incorrect information is sometimes provided.