China’s Cyberspace Administration has issued draft laws aimed at regulating the country’s chatbot sector. The rules primarily target generative AI and intends to have rigorous control over it.
The draft guidelines compel corporations to follow the tight censorship standards of the Chinese Communist Party, ensuring that AI material promotes “socialist core values” while avoiding anything that compromises “state power” or national unity. Companies must also guarantee that chatbots provide accurate information that protects intellectual property, as well as register their algorithms with regulators.
While the rules are still in draft form and subject to change, Chinese AI engineers are already looking into ways to incorporate them into their products. In recent years, China has emerged as an AI hotspot, with investors and entrepreneurs looking to profit on the technology’s enormous potential.
Governments throughout the world have been amazed by the potential of chatbots, with AI-generated outcomes ranging from benign to worrisome. However, the Chinese government is treading carefully, attempting to preserve control over Artificial Intelligence.
The sources for this piece include an article in SMH.
