December 23, 2022 Conference toward AI Network Society―Release of the AI Economic Review Committee Report 2022

The Institute for Information and Communications Policy (IICP) of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) established the AI Economic Review Committee under the Conference toward AI Network Society in January 2019 and has been studying AI and data from an economic point of view since then. The AI Economic Review Committee recently issued a report entitled "AI Economic Review Committee―Report 2022," summarizing the last four years of deliberations, and MIC has decided to release it to the public accordingly.

1. Background

Since January 2019, MIC's IICP has been organizing meetings of the AI Economic Review Committee (chaired by IWATA Kazumasa, President of Japan Center for Economic Research), which has so far published the "AI Economic Review Committee's Report" (May 2019), the "AI Economic Review Committee―Report 2020" (July 2020), and the "AI Economic Review Committee Report 2021" (August 2021).
Following the publication of the "AI Economic Review Committee Report 2021," the Committee has continued to carry out empirical analysis regarding the economic value of data since December 2021. In addition, it has conducted interviews and the like in an effort to gain a more profound understanding of the reality of data use and digitalization, and to consider these matters in greater depth.
The report summarizes the last four years of deliberations by the Committee, and MIC has decided to release it to the public accordingly.

2. Main content of the report

  • Study on the economic value of data (surveys regarding the measurement of data value, and analysis of the value and effects of data)
  • Summary of the current status of data use and digitalization initiatives, along with associated issues, as identified through interviews, etc.
  • Proposals based on the Committee's deliberations
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    The published materials are in Japanese only.

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