China introduced security requirements for companies using generative artificial intelligence
Baidu and other giants rejoice over new AI rules in China
China has published proposed security requirements for companies providing generative artificial intelligence services. The document contains a blacklist of sources that cannot be used to train AI models.
Generative AI, made popular by the success of OpenAI’s ChatGPT chatbot, learns from past data and creates new content, such as text or images.
The requirements were published Wednesday by the National Information Security Standards Committee. The committee includes representatives from the Cyberspace Administration of China, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, and the police.
The committee proposes that each content used to train public generative AI models be assessed for security. Content containing “more than 5% illegal and harmful information” will be blacklisted. Such information includes calls for terrorism, violence, “overthrowing the socialist system,” “undermining the country’s image,” and “national unity.”
The draft rules also state that information censored on the Chinese internet should not be used to train models.
The release of these requirements comes a month after regulators allowed several Chinese technology companies, including search giant Baidu, to launch their generative AI chatbots.
Since April, the Cyberspace Administration of China has been vocal about requiring security assessments before launching generative AI services.
In July, the cyber regulator published measures regulating such services, which analysts said were far less stringent than the measures presented in the April draft.
The requirements, released Wednesday, require organizations that train these AI models to obtain consent from individuals whose personal information, including biometric data, is used for training purposes.
The document also provides detailed recommendations for preventing intellectual property violations.
Many countries around the world are faced with the challenge of establishing a framework for this technology. China sees AI as an area where the country wants to compete with the US and aims to become a world leader in this field by 2030.
2023-10-15 08:20:32
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