China’s new AI regulations begin to take effect

cointelegraph.com:

China’s provisional guidelines for artificial intelligence (AI) activity and management in the country are scheduled to come into effect on Aug. 15. 

The regulations, which were published on July 10, are referred to as the “Generative AI Measures” and are the result of a joint effort between six government agencies including the Cybersecurity Administration of China (CAC), the National Development and Reform Commission and the Ministry of Science and Technology.

These will be the first set of AI rules to be implemented in the country in the wake of the recent boom in AI development and will be overseen by the same agencies that created the measures.

The 24 guidelines include measures that will require platforms that provide AI services to register them and undergo a security review prior to public release. The Chinese government will also be mandating labels for artificially created content.

Earlier in the year, China banned any AI-generated images of its president Xi Jinping.

Additionally, the measures require that all data and foundation models should be sourced from “legitimate sources” that respect the intellectual property rights of the creators, have appropriate consent and don’t undermine user privacy.

Similarly, the guidelines will hold service providers accountable for anything created through their platform.

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The draft version of the regulations, which was released back in April included specific monetary fines for anyone deviating from the guideline, though it has since been removed. Instead, the service providers will need to address problematic content within a three-month period.

The regulations aim to create a middle ground