China’s internet watchdog will monitor artificial intelligence (AI) products that use the information and hold developers accountable for their output as the nation fights for AI supremacy.

The Cyberspace Administration of China states that organizations will have 10 days to register generative products after they are launched as part of regulations to be finalized by the government this month.

Will Chinese censorship hurt the bid for supremacy?

However, Beijing must meet the dilemma of innovation under communist-style censorship, which can hamper the usefulness of AI tools.

An initial draft of the new regulations stated that AI efforts must “embody basic socialist values” and promote national unity. But time will tell whether companies see compliance as feasible given friendlier regimes fighting China for AI supremacy. Hong Kong Professor Angela Chang He said Companies must filter out non-compliant data or risk severe penalties.

Large language models that rely on generative AI tools consume text information from the Internet to create human-like digital content in response to user prompts. The disagreements have revolved around what information these models should be allowed to access.

Recently, Elon Musk cited removing AI bots as a “disturbing” practice. The American Recording Academy also prevents artificially generated non-human content from winning an award.

On the flip side, the new Chinese grammar holds developers almost entirely responsible for the output produced by their large language models. Recently, Chinese companies Baidu and Alibaba have released generation tools that do not violate communist ideals.

Western regulators express similar concerns

Last month, UK Labor Party spokeswoman Lucy Powell called for regulations that would require developers of artificial intelligence products to obtain a license. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has proposed laws similar to CERN’s framework.

Meanwhile, European companies, including Renault and Airbus, have opposed the European Parliament’s draft AI rules. They argue that the proposed regulations threaten the foundations of language models without addressing the risks of artificial intelligence.

While some believe AI could conquer humanity in about two years, more immediate threats include the societal fallout from the spread of disinformation.

Across the Atlantic, Sam Altman, CEO of ChatGPT creator OpenAI, has been lobbying the US Congress to create new regulations to deal with the future of AI rather than the current risks. However, technology has already forced financial institutions to rethink their approach to trading after a fake image of the Pentagon explosion destroyed the S&P 500 within 20 minutes.

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