Japan Begins Testing AI App to Help Draft Parliamentary Answers

Japan’s Digital Agency has begun offering a prototype AI app to government employees to help prepare draft answers for parliamentary questions. The tool is part of the Government AI GENAI platform and is intended to reduce research and drafting work while leaving review and final decisions to officials. The prototype is being made available to about 180,000 government employees during the current extraordinary Diet session. The agency plans to use feedback on its usefulness, usability and output quality to improve the app ahead of a planned full rollout in January, during the next regular Diet session. The Digital Agency’s announcement