Five months after ChatGPT set off an investment frenzy over artificial intelligence, Beijing is moving to rein in China¡¯s chatbots, a show of the government¡¯s resolve to keep tight regulatory control over technology that could define an era.
The Cyberspace Administration of China this month unveiled draft rules for so-called generative AI ¡ª the software systems, like the one behind ChatGPT, that can formulate text and pictures in response to a user¡¯s questions and prompts.
According to the regulations, companies must heed the Chinese Communist Party¡¯s strict censorship rules, just as websites and apps have to avoid publishing material that besmirches China¡¯s leaders or rehashes forbidden history. The content of AI systems will need to reflect ¡°socialist core values¡± and avoid information that undermines ¡°state power¡± or national unity.
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