Companies × risks
Itōchū Shōji
ITOCHU deploys third-party generative AI (Azure OpenAI/ChatGPT) at company scale across thousands of employees for internal workflows and business operations, including supply-chain demand forecasting. Whether ITOCHU trains proprietary models or primarily relies on partner-built AI is unclear from public sources.
We reviewed 3 public documents from Itōchū Shōji and found it acknowledges 1 of 24 AI risks: devaluation of human creativity.
Sector: Trade, Transportation, and Utilities
Roles: AI deployer
AI risks Itōchū Shōji acknowledges
- Devaluation of human creativity: “With the rapid advancement of generative AI technologies in recent years, we have seen an increase of incidents where unauthorized content containing voices that mimic performers' voices has been created and distributed, and their personal and economic rights have not been adequately protected. Such unauthorized use causes not only financial loss but also damages trust in performers, affects continuity and quality of their creative work, and hinders the healthy growth of the entire industry.” (ITOCHU Announces Launch of Official Japan Actors Union Voice Database)
Documents we reviewed
- Itochu Shoju - 2025 Integrated/Annual Report (Annual report, 2025)
- Risk Management | ITOCHU Corporation (Corporate policy, 2025)
- ITOCHU Announces Launch of Official Japan Actors Union Voice Database (Other, 2025)