Learn in the textbookProcurement Planning and Execution — RFI, RFP, and Procurement Policies
DefinitionThe Contract Guidelines on the Use of AI and Data (AI・データの利用に関する契約ガイドライン) were published in 2018 by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (経済産業省) and organize the issues in contracts for developing and using AI and for trading data, in a Data section and an AI section.
ExplanationBecause an AI's performance is hard to predict until it has actually been trained, the AI section lays out an exploratory, phased (探索的段階型) approach that signs a separate contract for each stage: an assessment of feasibility, a trial for verification (PoC: proof of concept), full development and then additional training. The Data section sets out how to agree in a contract on matters such as the permitted scope of use, payment and the split of liability when data is provided or shared.
AnalogyIt resembles developing a new dish whose outcome is hard to predict, where the restaurant and the chef decide afresh after each tasting whether to move on to the next step.