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Japan’s Gennai AI Push Tests Public-Sector Guardrails For Diet Answers

Japan’s government is using its in-house generative AI system Gennai to help prepare Diet answer documents as officials defend the workflow against criticism. Digital Minister Matsumoto said Gennai can identify related systems and past answers, while staff still revise outputs and check facts before material reaches the minister. The practical test is whether the tool reduces late-night bureaucratic work without turning parliamentary answers into unchecked AI output.