The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) has deployed a special campaign to "clean up and rectify the abuse of AI technology"

The Cyberspace Administration of China recently issued a notice to launch a three-month special campaign nationwide to combat the misuse of AI technology. The relevant person in charge of the Cyberspace Administration of China stated that this special action will be carried out in two stages. In the first stage, we will strengthen the source governance of AI technology, clean up and rectify illegal AI applications, enhance AI generation and synthesis technology and content identification management, and promote the website platform to improve its detection and authentication capabilities. The second stage focuses on using AI technology to create and publish rumors, false information, pornographic and vulgar content, impersonate others, engage in online water army activities, and other prominent issues. It focuses on cleaning up relevant illegal and harmful information, and dealing with and punishing illegal accounts, MCN institutions, and website platforms.