The creation of artificial intelligence-generated media, including deepfakes, is banned by the Cyberspace Administration of China.
The Chinese government is worried that a tampered video or image could be used to deceive the public.
The publishing and distribution of fake news was banned in 2019. The recent rise in popularity of artificial intelligence, image, and music generators is thought to be the reason for the new set of rules.
The country is willing to act in the face of potentially harmful tech, and this escalates shows that. Last year, China banned allcryptocurrencies. It's the same energy.
Deep fakes have been used to spread misinformation. Videos of Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky telling his people to lower their weapons started appearing on social media.
Anything that goes against the national interest is forbidden, as well as any media that is created without the permission of the subject.
These artificial intelligence tools use deep learning, virtual reality, and other synthesis methods to generate text, images, audio, video, and virtual scenes.
It's an interesting point as the internet has taken the world by storm with the help of artificial intelligence.
This new trend is going to be affected by these new rules. China isn't the only government that's cautious of artificial intelligence. The Biden administration published its guidelines in a more measured way.
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