China Approves Over 40 AI Models For Public Use in Past Six Months (reuters.com) 10
China has approved more than 40 AI models for public use in the first six months since authorities began the approval process, as the country strives to catch up to the U.S. in AI development, according to Chinese media. Reuters: Chinese regulators granted approvals to a total of 14 large language models (LLM) for public use last week, Chinese state-backed Securities Times reported. It marks the fourth batch of approvals China has granted, which counts Xiaomi, 4Paradigm and 01.AI among the recipients. Beijing started requiring tech companies to obtain approval from regulators to open their LLMs to the public last August. It underscored China's approach towards developing AI technology while striving to keep it under its purview and control.
Beijing approved its first batch of AI models in August shortly after the approval process was adopted. Baidu, Alibaba and ByteDance were among China's first companies to receive approvals Chinese regulators then granted two more batches of approvals in November and December before another batch was given the greenlight this month. While the government has not disclosed the exact list of approved companies available for public checks, Securities Times said on Sunday more than 40 AI models have been approved.
Beijing approved its first batch of AI models in August shortly after the approval process was adopted. Baidu, Alibaba and ByteDance were among China's first companies to receive approvals Chinese regulators then granted two more batches of approvals in November and December before another batch was given the greenlight this month. While the government has not disclosed the exact list of approved companies available for public checks, Securities Times said on Sunday more than 40 AI models have been approved.
"Approved" (Score:2, Insightful)
Government can kiss my ass if they think they can tell me what code I run on my computer.
Re:"Approved" (Score:4, Insightful)
Yeah, about that. You're not going to get away with that kind of talk in mainland China.
Re: (Score:2)
What do you think 'open to the public' means in relationship to running code on your own computer? Thankfully in the west no approval is required to open your LLM to the public but it remains to be seen what the governments here will do about things like extreme content, intellectual property rights infringement, etc.
Re: (Score:2, Insightful)
Government can kiss my ass if they think they can tell me what code I run on my computer.
Government has a strong relationship with those that control and manipulate the CPU manufacturing world, so I'd say you're already bending a knee when you kiss the compiler ring of those who have been blessed to exist inside your computer.
Everyone else was told to fuck off long ago, but it's cute that you're still falling for the illusion of choice. That was by design.
Chinese LLM (Score:2)
It would be interesting to see what the Chinese language LLM is like, especially for simplified Chinese. It'd be interesting to know where these various LLMs were getting their training data from and what sort of political and social guardrails it has in place. It's one thing to put up the firewall but if your LLM can tell you all about the things that the CCP doesn't want you to know, well, you get the idea.
I wonder if these LLM know about tiananmen square or what would happen if you ask about it or what t
First Prompt (Score:4, Funny)
"Why should Taiwan and Tibet be free"
Re: (Score:2)
It's one thing to ask it "Is Taiwan a country" but "" is quite another. I'd be interested to see what it's source of training data came from. Here in the west, it's easy to say we scrape everything on the web but it's quite another to think how data scientists operate inside the Chinese Firewall and what their perception of the "free world" really is when seen through the lens/filter that is the Chinese Firewall.
Or maybe their data scientists are also using VPNs and jumping across the wall to see what is on
Tank Man Tank Man (Score:2)
Extra kudo points if you sneak Winnie the Pooh into the "approved avatars" roster.