Chinese authorities carried out their first public ChatGPT-related arrest last week, accusing a citizen of using artificial intelligence to produce false reports of a deadly train crash.
Authorities arrested the man, identified as Han Hong Moumou, on Friday. Police say it used ChatGPT to produce reports on a train crash that killed nine people in China’s northwestern Gansu province, despite no such accident having occurred.
Cyberpolice began investigating the matter when articles about the alleged incident appeared online on April 15. They were able to trace the posts back to Han’s social media company based in the southern city of Shenzhen.
Han is accused of “picking fights and causing trouble,” which carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison.
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Last week, police arrested a man for his first-time abuse of ChatGPT, claiming he used artificial intelligence to produce false reports. (Reuters)
A Chinese citizen faces jail time for allegedly using ChatGPT to produce false reports of a deadly train crash in China.
The incident comes just weeks after China’s cyberspace administration proposed new rules that would force bots like ChatGPT to comply with the country’s existing censorship regime. Chatbot creators will also need to ensure that their bots respect the intellectual property of their creations and do not lie.
Crucially, developers will also need to register their AI’s algorithm with the government and prevent their AI from providing information that undermines “state power” or national unity, according to the Wall Street Journal.
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China’s aggressive approach comes as governments around the world grapple with how or whether to regulate the emergence of artificial intelligence systems. The European Union has already proposed an AI law to do just that, but US lawmakers have yet to introduce any major legislation.
Chinese President Xi Jinping’s regime is already moving to crack down on the emergence of artificial intelligence, issuing strict controls on what the technology can be used for. (Lintao Zhang/Getty Images)
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However, the United States has sought to hamper China’s ability to develop effective AI by banning the sale of AI accelerator chips to Chinese companies. Chips are a key component in the development of bots of the likes of ChatGPT and beyond.
