Regulation, Ethics & Society

The Japan CTO Association released "AX Criteria," a self-diagnosis framework for assessing the current state of AI transformation within organizations.

An article summarizes expert opinions on the causes behind the recent surge of unauthorized access and data leaks at Japanese companies since late September.

• •Since late September, Japanese companies have successively announced unauthorized access and associated data leaks.
• •Expert opinions are introduced regarding whether AI is the cause of these incidents.

A two-year randomized trial in 18 Tennessee schools provided large-scale experimental evidence on the educational impact of the AI tutor Khanmigo.

• •A cluster randomized trial was conducted over two years in 18 middle schools in Tennessee.
• •Students used Khanmigo, configured to coach rather than provide answers, during their existing daily remedial math sessions.
• •This study provides part of the large-scale experimental evidence as generative AI is expected to transform education.

A Tokyo court dismissed voice actor Kenjiro Tsuda's request to delete AI voice data, but lawyers clarified this does not make AI voice use legal.

• •On September 30, the Tokyo District Court dismissed Tsuda's deletion request.
• •The ruling does not indicate that using AI voices similar to voice actors is acceptable.
• •A lawyer explained the key issues in the 'Tsuda Ken AI lawsuit'.

OpenAIのチャットボットが雑誌のスタイルを模倣するだけでなく、AI生成画像を実在するアーティストに誤って帰属させている問題が指摘されている

• •OpenAIのチャットボットが雑誌のスタイルを模倣している
• •AI生成画像を実在するアーティストに誤って帰属させている
• •ニューヨーカー誌の漫画に関する問題が取り上げられている

ロボット掃除機MaticがFCCのRoomba禁止令から除外されたが、当初から禁止対象ではなかった経緯を解説する記事

• •Maticは筆者が最も好むロボット掃除機兼ロボットモップ製品である
• •FCCは10月2日に元祖Maticのモデル4MA0001と充電ドック4DK0008を対象リストに追加した
• •MaticがFCCの禁止令から逃れたのは事実だが、そもそも禁止されていなかったため実質的な影響はない

OpenAIはEUのAI法に準拠するため、ChatGPTおよびCodexのテキスト出力にウォーターマークを導入する方針を明らかにした

• •OpenAIはEU地域でChatGPTとCodexのテキストにウォーターマークを付与する
• •この措置はEUのAI Act（AI法）への対応を目的としている
• •テキストの編集によって不可視のマークが検出しにくくなる可能性があると同社は説明している

In Utah, AI-issued acne treatment prescriptions are now possible, and Nolla Health launched a service for facial scanning, severity analysis, and automatic prescribing.

• •Utah users can obtain AI-issued acne treatment prescriptions using the Nolla Health app.
• •The company's AI system scans facial photos via the app to analyze acne severity.
• •The AI autonomously creates prescriptions based on the analysis results.

News reports indicate that the Norwegian government is considering a partial ban on smart glasses.

OpenAI introduced a machine-readable watermarking feature for text output in ChatGPT and Codex, beginning a phased rollout for users in the EU.

• •The watermarking feature is being rolled out in phases, initially targeting only users in the European Union (EU).
• •OpenAI claims its textGrain technology performs at least as well as existing methods like Google DeepMind's SynthID.
• •Anthropic also announced similar watermarking technology in August, accelerating the adoption of such features among major AI companies.