We have a lot of discussions, in particular with the FTC in the U.S., which has jurisdiction for antitrust law. It is the equivalent of our Competition Bureau. Also, through that, it deals with privacy.
There's no national privacy legislation in the U.S. at the moment. There are proposals before Congress on this, but it's not moving forward. California has its own model, and they have some innovative mechanisms there to protect privacy. Nationally, there is no equivalent in the U.S.
We are in close discussions with those colleagues about AI. In fact, when I was in Japan last June, we issued a statement on generative AI. This was from all of the G7 commissioners for privacy, and for the U.S., that was the FTC. In that, we noted a few things. We noted that there are laws that apply to AI for privacy, and they need to be applied and they need to be respected. It also highlighted that we need to have privacy impact assessments. We need to have a culture of privacy when we're dealing with generative AI, because in many cases it is built on personal information.
There are a lot of exchanges that are going on in that space. I think the consensus is making sure that our citizens are aware that, yes, AI is moving at a fast pace, but we have privacy laws to protect citizens.