Overview
- Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi met Team Mirai leader and AI engineer Takahiro Anno at the Prime Minister's Office on Friday, August 28, for an in-person tutorial on generative AI.
- Using a chat-style generative AI with voice input, they built a working simulator in minutes that estimates household-level effects of the government's inflation-countermeasure policies.
- Takaichi said the tool would have helped recent Diet sessions and joked about reducing the need for two private secretaries, indicating she wants to broaden AI use in government work.
- The visit was politically notable because a ruling-party prime minister hosting an opposition party leader at the Kantei is rare and signals outreach as the ruling side lacks a majority in the Upper House.
- Anno said Team Mirai will continue to judge cooperation 'case by case,' noting his party previously negotiated and backed amended bills on the 'vice-capital' concept, a stance that could affect upcoming autumn Diet items such as consumption-related measures.