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China Announces Generative AI Labeling To Cull Disinformation (bloomberg.com) 20

Posted by msmash from the shape-of-things-to-come dept.
China has introduced regulations requiring service providers to label AI-generated content, joining similar efforts by the European Union and United States to combat disinformation. The Cyberspace Administration of China and three other agencies announced Friday that AI-generated material must be labeled explicitly or via metadata, with implementation beginning September 1.

"The Labeling Law will help users identify disinformation and hold service suppliers responsible for labeling their content," the CAC said. App store operators must verify whether applications provide AI-generated content and review their labeling mechanisms. Platforms can still offer unlabeled AI content if they comply with relevant regulations and respond to user demand.
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  • I think they meant to say (Score:4, Funny)

    by ArmoredDragon ( 3450605 ) on Friday March 14, 2025 @02:15PM (#65233807)

    Unwanted disinformation

    • Re:I think they meant to say (Score:4, Funny)

      by goldspider ( 445116 ) on Friday March 14, 2025 @02:39PM (#65233919) Homepage

      Competing disinformation.

    • I have to hand it to the Chinese that they at least have the common sense to prevent foreign governments from spreading misinformation unchallenged. Here in America we literally just shut down the office that's in charge, or rather was in charge, of preventing information warfare being engaged on Americans.

      I'm sure that's fine though. Americans are extremely smart and they wouldn't possibly fall for any form of misinformation. And I'm sure it's fine that one of the most hostile nations to the United Sta

      • I have to hand it to the Chinese that they at least have the common sense to prevent foreign governments from spreading misinformation unchallenged. Here in America we literally just shut down the office that's in charge, or rather was in charge, of preventing information warfare being engaged on Americans.

        There is not and never was such an office in charge of that in the US. Nor should there be. The closest there ever was only existed during WWII called the office of censorship, and it was purely voluntary, the press was not required to do anything it said. Even then, information warfare cannot be prevented, only mitigated.

        Instead we rely primarily on an honor system of sorts. We call it freedom of speech. I get it, you've repeatedly claimed that free speech is fascist because you have it in your head that N

      • You must be mistaken. The United States Is At Peace With Russia. The United States Has Always Been At Peace With Russia. Vladimir Putin Has Never Been A Member Of A KGB Foreign Intelligence Unit. The United States Is At War With Europe. The United States Has Always Been At War With Europe. Except For Greenland. Greenland Has Always Been American. It's The Biggliest State. It Contains The Ice Palace And The Secret Subterranean Lair Where We Keep Our Dinosaur Eggs. Made Of Gold.

  • I guess I missed that change.

  • Limiting disinformation? ... Bwahahahaha

  • Even China, the land of unregulated Tofu-dregs knows the sociological dangers of unmarked falsified photos, documents, and videos.
    • You might like to think this would help, but eventually something will go unmarked and because it was not marked that must mean it's genuine. You can't regulate bad information out of existence. This is the equivalent of an evil bit. At best you can try to teach people to be skeptical about what they see and hear, but what government really wants that?

      I'd much rather people be duped and learn from their mistakes. Some of that learning experience may be painful, but a society that develops a habit of ques
  • I wonder if that applies to the videos on Youtube. It would be nice if Firefox and other browsers could highlight videos that are mostly ai generated. I've been sucked into watching a number before part way through realizing the title only bore a rather loose connection to reality, or where the content had nothing to do with the title.

    • I'm wondering what these videos were pretending to be. The only AI-generated content Youtube has served to me has been some fake 1970s soul tracks, and that's something I specifically went looking for.

  • If I agree with it, it is the truth. If I disagree, it's misinformation.

    Yes, this applies to China, USA, UE, Russia and everybody (including you and me).

    • If I agree with it, it is the truth. If I disagree, it's misinformation.

      No. Calling out a lie is not disagreeing. You're correcting. That's what misinformation is. A lie.

  • If [name of current Fearless Leader] does not approve, then cull it.

    That's the way it's been done since before modern computers were invented, and it's effectively the way it's going to be done for as long as China has a Fearless Leader.

    Lather, rinse, repeat for any other autocracy/dictatorship/similar.

  • Good idea + Can we add photoshopped content? (Score:4, Interesting)

    by Somervillain ( 4719341 ) on Friday March 14, 2025 @03:50PM (#65234147)
    While I doubt their motivation, I like the idea of forcing people to label AI-generated content, especially product images. While we're at it, can we ban Amazon sellers from using photoshop for product photos? It seems like 90% of Chinese brands have bad photoshopped images of their products, which is very much false advertising in my mind as it distorts sizes and the quality of the item.

    There's no going back from the massive enshittification that's coming from AI. The least we can do is make it illegal to attempt to fraud people with fake product images or fake clickbait articles. I am sure it won't get followed too well, but it will at least make respectable businesses think twice before using it to mislead customers.
  • To remove any information that contradicts their propaganda narrative.

  • https://www.wired.com/story/ai... [wired.com]

    The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has issued new instructions to scientists that partner with the US Artificial Intelligence Safety Institute (AISI) that eliminate mention of “AI safety,” “responsible AI,” and “AI fairness” in the skills it expects of members and introduces a request to prioritize “reducing ideological bias, to enable human flourishing and economic competitiveness.”

    The information comes

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