Yokosuka becomes Japan's first city to use ChatGPT for administrative tasks

The city of Yokosuka in Kanagawa Prefecture has a few claims to fame: It's home to a major U.S. naval base, it's the birthplace of former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, and it lends its name to a local variation of Japanese curry. On Thursday, it staked out another as the first municipality in the country to use ChatGPT in its municipal offices. Roughly 4,000 employees at Yokosuka's municipal government office began using the artificial intelligence-powered chatbot, which was created by OpenAI late last year, for a one-month trial in efforts to improve operations. This could be due to a conflict with your ad-blocking or security software. Please add japantimes.co.jp and piano.io to your list of allowed sites.