ISTANBUL

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Thursday urged US chipmaking giant AMD to cooperate with Japan in developing artificial intelligence (AI) technologies, the Jiji Press news agency reported.

"I want to make Japan the easiest country in the world to develop and utilize AI," Ishiba said during a meeting at the prime minister's office in Tokyo with AMD chair and CEO Lisa Su, calling cooperation between Japan and the US essential to that goal.

Ishiba told Su that his government introduced in parliament a bill aimed at achieving both technological innovation in AI and risk management.

"We hope to build a close relationship (over AI), including investment in Japan," he said.

Su said global collaboration was needed on AI and that her company welcomes cooperation in research with relevant Japanese ministries and agencies.