Japan plans to ease legal restrictions on the use of personal information to accelerate the development of artificial intelligence while penalizing violations, a source familiar with the matter said Friday.A draft bill calls for revising the personal information protection law, including enabling third parties to obtain individuals' sensitive information -- such as medical history and criminal records -- without consent for the purpose of statistical data generation.Under the current law, consent is required to provide personal information to a third party.The draft bill also calls for intr…READ FULL ARTICLE
