AI Guidelines for Business Entities (Version 1.1)
AI 事業者ガイドライン （第 1.1 版）
This document provides a unified set of guidelines for AI businesses in Japan, integrating and replacing three previous guidelines from the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) and the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI). It sets out human-centric basic principles, shared guidance across the AI lifecycle for developers, providers, and users, and agile governance frameworks. Additionally, it incorporates international frameworks such as the Hiroshima AI Process principles for advanced AI systems.
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Who it governs
AI developers, providers, and business users operating in Japan who need practical guidance on safe and responsible AI deployment and governance.
What the document contains
The document addresses comprehensive AI governance principles, shared and role-specific compliance guidelines for AI developers, providers, and business users throughout the AI lifecycle, and the implementation of agile governance.
Binding statutory penalties or criminal sanctions for non-compliance, as the guidelines are formulated as non-binding soft law.
- The guidelines adopt a goal-based, non-binding soft-law approach utilizing a risk-based model to foster innovation while mitigating societal risks.
- Three core values form the basic philosophy: respect for human dignity, diversity and inclusion, and sustainability.
- The shared guidance covers ten key areas: human-centric principles, safety, fairness, privacy protection, security, transparency, accountability, education/literacy, fair competition, and innovation.
- Agile governance emphasizes a continuous cycle of environmental/risk analysis, goal setting, system design, operation, and evaluation across the value chain.
- Advanced AI systems require specialized measures aligned with the Hiroshima AI Process international guiding principles.
· はじめに · 第１部 AI とは · 第２部 AI により目指すべき社会及び各主体が取り組む事項 - A. 基本理念 - B. 原則 - C. 共通の指針 - D. 高度な AI システムに関係する事業者に共通の指針 - E. AI ガバナンスの構築 · 第３部 AI 開発者に関する事項 · 第４部 AI 提供者に関する事項 · 第５部 AI 利⽤者に関する事項
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