( November 10, 2026, 07:50 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said on Tuesday that it has established an expert panel to examine contractual and legal issues involving AI development, data licensing, intellectual property rights and liability. The panel will review five hypothetical business scenarios, including AI model development, retrieval-augmented generation and AI agents, and plans to publish a report and sample contract clauses by the end of March 2027.Documents attached (in Japanese)....
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