China’s new rules on AI-generated content

People visiting the World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) in Shanghai on July 6, 2023. China put into force this week its newest regulations on artificial intelligence-generated content, a watered-downed version of stricter draft rules that seek to keep the country in the AI race while maintaining firm censorship on online content. — AFP

BEIJING: China put into force this week its newest regulations on artificial intelligence-generated content, a watered-downed version of stricter draft rules that seek to keep the country in the AI race while maintaining firm censorship on online content.

Rapid advancements in generative AI have stoked global alarm over the technology’s potential for disinformation and misuse, with deepfake images showing people mouthing things they never said.