The AI agent can automatically perform multiple steps, including preparing and summarizing meeting minutes and distributing them within departments, marking a first for a government body to deploy AI agents at this scale.

Japan's Digital Agency added an autonomous AI agent function to Gennai, enabling two or more tasks to be performed simultaneously from a single direction.

Previously, users had to issue separate prompts for each task; now, uploading audio from a meeting allows the AI agent to prepare and translate minutes without additional prompts.

Now, by uploading meeting audio, the AI agent can automatically prepare and translate minutes without needing multiple prompts.

Digital transformation minister Toshiharu Furukawa stressed that many government tasks are complex and require extensive documents, and he highlighted the need for an AI-enabled environment to save labor and improve work quality.

The Digital Agency has integrated an autonomous AI agent function into its Gennai platform, enabling tasks to be completed simultaneously based on a single directive for about 180,000 government employees.

The AI agent can handle tasks such as preparing and summarizing meeting minutes and sharing them within departments, marking a first in government-scale AI agent deployment.

Gennai offers around 40 applications, spanning chat with colleagues, document preparation, meeting minutes, translation and summarization, searches of past parliamentary statements, legal research, and transcription of audio files.

Gennai serves about 180,000 government employees and features around 40 applications designed to streamline work across tasks such as chat, document prep, translation, summarization, legal research, and transcription.

An app within Gennai lets government staff share knowledge and expertise, and veteran staff can record know-how on drafting parliamentary response tactics for broader access via the Gennai Library system planned for launch.

The platform also includes an app that facilitates internal collaboration by allowing staff to share knowledge and expertise.