The new Japanese political party announced Tuesday that it will appoint artificial intelligence as its leader following Ishijima's resignation, the founder's resignation after a disappointing performance in the recent election.
The path to the Regeneration Party, launched in January by the former mayor of a small city in western Ishimaru, does not have a formal policy platform and allows members to pursue individual agendas.
Ishida finished second in the 2024 Tokyo gubernatorial election, earning unexpected support through a successful online campaign. However, he resigned after the party failed to secure a seat in this year's Senate elections.
“The new leader will be AI,” said a doctoral student at AI Research Okumura, who described himself as an assistant to AI leaders during a press conference.
He will serve as the nominal leader of the party, but details regarding the implementation of AI are still under discussion.
According to Okumura, AI does not direct political activity, but can help make decisions regarding resource distribution among party members. Okumura recently won a party contest to take over Ishida.
Despite the media's attention, the path to revitalization has been struggling with elections, with all 42 candidates losing in the Tokyo Assembly election in June, and all 10 candidates who ran in the Senate election in July were unable to secure seats.
