Preventing Minor Users from Over-relying on or Indulging in Generative AI Services – The relevant person in charge of the Cyberspace Administration of China answered a reporter's question on the Interim Measures for the Management of Generative Artificial Intelligence Services

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Beijing, July 13 (China Youth Daily) -- Recently, the Cyberspace Administration of China, together with the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Science and Technology, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Ministry of Public Security, and the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television, promulgated the "Interim Measures for the Management of Generative Artificial Intelligence Services" (hereinafter referred to as the "Measures"). The relevant responsible person of the Cyberspace Administration of China answered reporters' questions on the Measures today.

Q: Could you briefly introduce the background of the promulgation of the Measures?

A: The formulation of the Measures is mainly based on the following considerations: First, it is to thoroughly implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's important instructions and the important measures of the decision-making and deployment of the Party Central Committee. When presiding over the meeting of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out: "We must attach importance to the development of general artificial intelligence, create an innovative ecology, and attach importance to risk prevention." "The second is the urgent need to promote the healthy development of generative artificial intelligence. With the rapid development of generative artificial intelligence technology, it has brought new opportunities for economic and social development, but also generated problems such as spreading false information, infringing on personal information rights and interests, data security and bias discrimination. The Measures adhere to the goal-oriented and problem-oriented, clarify specific measures to promote the development of generative artificial intelligence technology, and stipulate the basic specifications of generative artificial intelligence services. The third is to promote the implementation of the inherent requirements of the law. The formulation of the Measures is an important requirement for implementing the relevant provisions of the Cybersecurity Law, the Data Security Law, the Personal Information Protection Law, and the Science and Technology Progress Law, further standardizing data processing and other activities, safeguarding national security and the social public interest, and protecting the lawful rights and interests of citizens, legal persons, and other organizations.

Q: What is the scope of application of the Measures?

A: The Measures stipulate that these Measures apply to the use of generative artificial intelligence technology to provide services such as text, pictures, audio, and video to the public within the territory of the People's Republic of China. Where the state has other provisions on the use of generative artificial intelligence services to engage in activities such as news and publication, film and television production, and literary and artistic creation, follow those provisions. Where industry organizations, enterprises, educational and scientific research institutions, public cultural institutions, relevant professional institutions, and so forth develop or apply generative AI technologies and fail to provide generative AI services to the domestic public, the provisions of these Measures do not apply.

Q: What are the main principles adhered to in the Measures?

A: The Measures put forward that the state adheres to the principle of attaching equal importance to development and security, promoting innovation and governing according to law, takes effective measures to encourage the innovative development of generative AI, and implements inclusive, prudent and categorical supervision of generative AI services.

Q: What are the generative AI technologies and generative AI service providers referred to in the Measures?

A: The generative AI technology referred to in the Measures refers to models and related technologies with text, pictures, audio, video and other content generation capabilities; Generative AI service providers refer to organizations and individuals that use generative AI technology to provide generative AI services (including providing generative AI services by providing programmable interfaces).

Q: What considerations does the Measures have for promoting the healthy development of generative AI?

A: The Measures target generative AI services in terms of governance objects. In terms of regulatory methods, it is proposed to implement inclusive and prudent and categorical and hierarchical supervision of generative AI services, and require relevant national competent departments to improve scientific supervision methods compatible with innovation and development in view of the characteristics of generative AI technology and its service application in relevant industries and fields, and formulate corresponding classification and hierarchical supervision rules or guidelines. In terms of specific measures to promote development, the first is to clearly encourage the innovative application of generative AI technology in various industries and fields, generate positive, healthy and upward high-quality content, explore and optimize application scenarios, and build an application ecosystem. The second is to support industry organizations, enterprises, educational and scientific research institutions, public cultural institutions, and relevant professional institutions to carry out collaboration in generative AI technology innovation, data resource construction, transformation and application, and risk prevention. The third is to encourage independent innovation of basic technologies such as generative AI algorithms, frameworks, chips and supporting software platforms, carry out international exchanges and cooperation on an equal and mutually beneficial basis, and participate in the formulation of international rules related to generative AI. The fourth is to promote the construction of generative artificial intelligence infrastructure and public training data resource platforms. Promote the collaborative sharing of computing power resources and improve the efficiency of computing power resource utilization. Promote the orderly and open classification and grading of public data, and expand high-quality public training data resources. Encourage the use of secure and trusted chips, software, tools, computing power, and data resources.

Q: What provisions should be complied with in the Measures for the provision and use of generative AI services?

A: The Measures specify that the provision and use of generative AI services shall adhere to the core socialist values, and shall not generate content prohibited by laws and administrative regulations, such as inciting subversion of state power, overthrowing the socialist system, endangering national security and interests, damaging national image, inciting separatism, undermining national unity and social stability, advocating terrorism and extremism, advocating ethnic hatred, ethnic discrimination, violence, obscenity, pornography, and false and harmful information; In the process of algorithm design, training data selection, model generation and optimization, and provision of services, take effective measures to prevent discrimination by ethnicity, belief, country, region, gender, age, occupation, health, etc.; Respect intellectual property rights and business ethics, keep trade secrets, and must not use the advantages of algorithms, data, platforms, etc. to carry out monopoly and unfair competition behaviors; Respect the lawful rights and interests of others, must not endanger the physical and mental health of others, and must not infringe on others' portrait rights, reputation rights, honor rights, privacy rights and personal information rights and interests; Based on the characteristics of service types, take effective measures to improve the transparency of generative AI services and improve the accuracy and reliability of generated content.

Q: What are the main governance systems stipulated in the Measures?

A: The Measures specify that generative AI service providers shall carry out training data processing activities such as pre-training and optimized training in accordance with the law, and use data and basic models with legal sources; Where intellectual property rights are involved, the intellectual property rights enjoyed by others in accordance with law shall not be infringed; Where personal information is involved, the individual's consent shall be obtained or other circumstances provided for by laws and administrative regulations shall be complied with; Take effective measures to improve the quality of training data, and enhance the authenticity, accuracy, objectivity and diversity of training data. In addition, the relevant requirements for data labeling are clarified.

Q: What are the main specifications for generative AI services specified in the Measures?

A: The Measures require effective measures to be taken to prevent minor users from over-relying on or indulging in generative AI services. Provisions provide that providers shall follow the "Provisions on the Administration of Deep Synthesis of Internet Information Services" to identify content generated by pictures, videos, and so forth. Where providers discover illegal content, they shall promptly employ measures such as stopping generation, transmission, and elimination, and employ measures such as model optimization training to carry out rectification. Where it is clarified that providers discover that users are using generative AI services to engage in illegal activities, they shall employ relevant disposal measures in accordance with laws and agreements, store relevant records, and report to the relevant competent departments.

Q: What provisions does the Measures make on complaints and reports?

A: The Measures stipulate that providers shall establish and complete complaint and reporting mechanisms, set up convenient complaint and reporting portals, publish handling procedures and feedback time limits, and promptly accept and handle public complaints and reports, and feedback the handling results. It is clarified that users who discover that generative AI services do not comply with laws, administrative regulations, and these Measures have the right to complain or report to the relevant competent departments.

Source: China Youth Daily client