"The country's top internet regulator, the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC), requires that any company launching an AI tool with "public opinion properties or social mobilization capabilities" first file it in a public database: the algorithm registry. In a submission, developers must show how their products avoid 31 categories of risk, from age and gender discrimination to psychological harm to "violating core socialist values.""
"Applicants submit their filing to their local CAC (say, the Shanghai CAC for Shanghai-registered firms), which forwards applications to the central CAC for final approval. Only then is a tool publicly listed in the algorithm registry. While the European Union is pursuing a single, comprehensive AI Act, notes Matt Sheehan, a research scholar at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, China's approach to regulation is more ad hoc, targeting specific algorithms and building up iterative standards."
Thousands of generative AI tools have been released in China since 2023, and the CAC maintains a public algorithm registry listing each tool that meets filing requirements. Companies launching AI with public-opinion or social-mobilization capabilities must file detailed submissions showing how products avoid 31 risk categories, including discrimination, psychological harm, and violating core socialist values. Filings go from local CAC offices to the central CAC for approval before public listing. The registry creates a comprehensive map of China's AI ecosystem, with entries ranging from homestay managers and patent-drafting tools to clinical and power-grid assistants.
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