Beijing acts to control AI-generated content

Significance

This refers to the use of algorithms, deep learning, virtual reality and other artificial intelligence (AI) applications to generate or alter content such as text, images, audio, video and virtual environments. These are novel tools for generating online content, and Chinese authorities seek to impose control.

Impacts

• Western countries will prioritise democratic freedoms on the issue of AI-generated content.
• Tackling disinformation-spreading deepfakes and cheapfakes will be even harder than moderating traditional formats.
• Chinese firms creating content for the metaverse will be bound by AI content regulation rules.