Before offering generative AI services to the public, complete the required security assessment and algorithm filing, and mark generated content
UpdatedGrade BMedium benefitFreedomFreeSome timeNo willpower
Generative AI services aimed at the public that can shape opinion or mobilize people need a security assessment and algorithm filing before launch; changes or shutdown also need amendment or cancellation filings. Generated images and video must be marked. Small tools for yourself that are not open to the public need none of this. Violations are punished under laws such as the (网络安全法)
- Cost
- No money spent, but you must go through the cyberspace authority’s process, which takes some time. Tools that do not provide services to the domestic public are outside this measure
- Benefit
- Providing generative artificial-intelligence services with public-opinion attributes or social-mobilization capacity shall conduct a security assessment per state rules. Algorithm filing under the algorithm-recommendation management rules is also required, plus later amendment and cancellation procedures. Public-opinion attributes or social-mobilization capacity means the ability to affect public views or to organize and mobilize people. Providers shall mark generated content such as images and video. The measure states that when enterprises, research institutions, and others develop or apply generative AI technology and “do not provide generative AI services to the domestic public, this measure does not apply.” Violations of the measure are “punished in accordance with the (中华人民共和国网络安全法), (中华人民共和国数据安全法), (中华人民共和国个人信息保护法), (中华人民共和国科学技术进步法), and other laws and administrative regulations.” The measure took effect on 15 August (8) 2023 (nationwide)
- Notes
- This measure itself does not state fine amounts. Violations go back to the (网络安全法), (数据安全法), and (个人信息保护法) for penalties, which is why the grade is B. Civil cases of AI-generated content infringing others’ copyright or portrait rights were not verified against original text on the Supreme People’s Court site for this section and are not cited. Low-price resale of foreign large-model APIs via relay sites is in item 19 of this section (AI relay sites).
Sources · 1
- 国家互联网信息办公室等七部门 (2023). 生成式人工智能服务管理暂行办法（第二、十二、十七、二十一条）. gov.cn/zhengce/zhengceku/202307/content_68917…