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Japan launches the Hiroshima AI Process Friends Group with 49 countries and regions

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Source: Prime Minister’s Office of JapanAlso reported by JURIST

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida launched the Hiroshima AI Process Friends Group on 2 May 2024 at a side event of the OECD Ministerial Council Meeting in Paris. The voluntary group of 49 countries and regions supports the G7’s International Guiding Principles and Code of Conduct for advanced AI developers. Kishida also announced a GPAI Tokyo Center and support for projects on verifying content origin and countering AI disinformation.

Why it matters

The G7’s voluntary code for advanced AI developers gained backing from governments outside the G7, widening the group of countries expecting AI companies to follow it.

When
2 May 2024
ID
WTA-N-2024-0205
Who
Government of Japan, OECD; Fumio Kishida
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Summary by wheresthe.ai, from Prime Minister’s Office of Japan and the reporting credited above. Checked against the source on 9 Oct 2026.

Read the original at Prime Minister’s Office of Japan

Source copy: download the page as saved on 18 Oct 2026 (PDF). Also held by the Internet Archive.

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WTA-N-2024-0205: “Japan launches the Hiroshima AI Process Friends Group with 49 countries and regions.” wheresthe.ai, 2 May 2024. https://wheresthe.ai/d/intl-hiroshima-ai-process-friends-group-2024-05/ (source: Prime Minister’s Office of Japan).

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