TechnologyOpenAI CEO vows to work with Japan on user protections
Sam Altman meets Kishida, LDP officials, hints at local ChatGPT office
Sam Altman, chief executive of OpenAI, center, met Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in Tokyo on April 10. (Photo by Uichiro Kasai)
AKIRA OIKAWA, KOSUKE TAKEUCHI and MASAHARU BAN, Nikkei staff writers
TOKYO -- Sam Altman, CEO of U.S. startup OpenAI, which developed the interactive artificial intelligence-powered chatbot ChatGPT, met with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and other senior officials in Tokyo on Monday, pledging to work with the government to protect user privacy and safety.