The China Cyberspace Authority (CAC), together with other regulatory authorities in the country, has completed the development of the first-of-its-kind rules governing the operation of generative AI.
The document states that the AI services offered in the country should be “consistent with China’s socialist values” and not incite the subversion of state power and the overthrow of the socialist system.
The rules will come into force on August 15 and will only apply to AI available to users, and not to the development of research institutes:
- Also, the Chinese Internet regulator said that the AI services offered in the country should “conform to China’s socialist values” and not incite to:
- undermining state power
- overthrow of the socialist system
- creating a threat to national security,
- damage to the national image,
- separatism
- undermine national unity and social stability,
- propaganda of terrorism and extremism,
- promotion of content prohibited by laws and administrative regulations – such as national hatred, ethnic discrimination, violence, obscenity and false harmful information.
Generative AI services will need to be licensed, according to CAC representatives. If the developer of such a product discovers illegal content, he must take measures to stop its generation, improve the algorithm and then report this incident to the regulator.
