Digital Minister Furukawa met with the co-founder of AI developer Anthropic and requested stronger cooperation with Japan's AISI. They also exchanged views on plans to attract a large-scale AI data center to Japan.
On 13 October, Digital Minister Furukawa met with Jack Clark, co-founder of AI developer Anthropic, and requested stronger cooperation with Japan's AI Safety Institute (AISI) to consider and advance methods and standards for assessing AI safety. An explanation following the meeting indicated an intention to strengthen government cooperation, in light of the possibility that the relationship between cybersecurity vulnerabilities and AI could become an issue in the future.
Minister Furukawa also called for closer cooperation with Anthropic through AISI, taking into account the circumstances surrounding the institute's establishment in Japan, and conveyed his desire to receive Anthropic's expertise.
The two also exchanged views on plans to attract Anthropic's large-scale AI data center to Japan. Minister Furukawa welcomed Clark's indication that Japan was being considered as a candidate location and expressed his intention to work to ensure that Japan can secure suitable conditions for hosting the data center.