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Tuesday, May 16, 2023

A Look at China's Ambitious Generative AI and related Regulations.

Fascinating, regarding direction and regulation ....  Here just an overview. 

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Decoding China’s Ambitious Generative AI Regulations

APRIL 16, 2023 BY JUSTIN CURL LEAVE A COMMENT   By Sihao Huang and Justin Curl

On April 11th, 2023, China’s top internet regulator proposed new rules for generative AI. The draft builds on previous regulations on deep synthesis technology, which contained detailed provisions on user identity registration, the creation of a database of undesirable inputs, and even the generation of “special objects and scenes” that may harm national security. 

Whereas past regulations from the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) focused on harmful outputs that threatened national security, this new draft regulation goes a step further. It mandates that models must be “accurate and true,” adhere to a particular worldview, and avoid discriminating by race, faith, and gender. The document also introduces specific constraints about the way these models are built. Addressing these requirements involves tackling open problems in AI like hallucination, alignment, and bias, for which robust solutions do not currently exist. 

The news coverage in the United States thus far has been relatively superficial and misses the breadth and complexity of the proposed regulations. An article in The Wall Street Journal, for example, hones in on a requirement to adhere to a particular worldview (Art. 4, Sec. 1) — a provision that appeared back in the 2016 cybersecurity law — and primarily focuses on China’s move towards AI censorship. A Bloomberg story focuses on the draft regulation’s potential impact on the speed of AI development by highlighting the need for security reviews (Art. 6).

This post aims to highlight the aspects of the draft regulation that are novel in both the Chinese and International contexts. (Our full unofficial translation of the document from Chinese to English is available here.)  .... ' 

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