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What Actually Changed in Version 1.2 of Japan's AI Business Operator Guidelines
Japan's AI Business Operator Guidelines moved to version 1.2. Read next to version 1.1, the update is less about new rules than about settling what words mean. Here are the seven agenda items behind the revision, and where the document sits relative to the AI Promotion Act and the AI Basic Plan, checked line by line against the primary sources.
2026-09-06Ryuta Hamamoto
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