'Generative AI rules to apply to products for public'
China published measures on Thursday to manage its booming generative artificial intelligence industry, softening its tone from an earlier draft, and said regulators would seek to support development of the technology.  The Thursday statement from the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) said only providers who wanted to offer services to the public would need to submit security assessments, suggesting that firms working on enterprise-facing products would be given leeway.  It also reiterated that content generated by generative AI for the public had to be in line with China's core socialist values.  Service providers had to ensure intellectual property rights were not infringed, it added, advising that legitimate data sources should be used.  The nation wants to encourage the development of the technology, it said, citing areas such as generative AI algorithms and semiconductors, as well as engage in drawing up international rules.  "Relevant national authorities shall ... improve their supervisory methods so that they are scientific and compatible with innovation and development," the regulator added. Investment has poured into China's generative AI scene and its firms such as Baidu, Alibaba Group have launched dozens of AI models. But companies had held back from rolling out chatbots to the public until Beijing finalised rules for the technology and approved their products.  Instead, most of the Chinese tech companies had for now focused on finding applications for industrial use. On Thursday, JD.com became the latest to join the race, launching an enterprise-facing large language model it called ChatRhino. (Reuters)