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AI Advances in Governance and Tech: Peru Sets Rules, Japan Party Taps AI Leader, YouTube Adds Tools

Fresh rules, political experiments, product launches intensify scrutiny of transparency and jobs.

Overview

  • Peru approved the Reglamento de la Ley de Inteligencia Artificial, adding explainability requirements, a National Center for Digital Innovation and AI, and an EU‑style risk classification, though analysts note no new funding or clear talent strategy.
  • Albania confirmed a virtual minister, Diella, to oversee public procurement, with experts warning that opaque training data and unaudited decision criteria could conceal bias without robust oversight and human accountability.
  • Japan’s Camino al Renacimiento party said its next leader will be an AI focused on tasks such as resource allocation, with timing and implementation still undecided and policy agendas left to members.
  • OpenAI’s usage report shows ChatGPT’s non‑work messages rose from 53% in mid‑2024 to 73% by June 2025, gender gaps narrowed, and adoption grew fastest in low‑ and middle‑income countries.
  • YouTube announced AI features for creators including auto‑editing to first drafts, conversion of long videos to shorts, automatic voice dubbing with lip sync, an Ask Studio analytics chatbot, AI product tagging, and a beta tool to flag identity‑impersonating deepfakes.