China Begins its Comprehensive Regulation of Generative AI Services

August 15, 2023 | BY

Susan Mok

Casper Sek of Jingtian & Gongcheng examines a new set of measures promulgated by China's cyberspace regulator which seeks to keep pace with, and control in line with government ideologies, the rapid rise in generative AI technologies

Summary

  • The rapid development of AI, in particular generative AI, has not escaped the notice of the Chinese regulatory authorities.
  • A new set of measures aims to comprehensively regulate this area of technology.
  • The measures cover content generation, training of the AI model, the contractual relationship and interaction with users, and protection of users' data.
  • Extra-jurisdictional provisions mean that a foreign business which wishes to provide generative AI services in China will need to comply with the new measures.
  • The measures reflect the Chinese government's usual approach to content and ideological control.

 

 

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