China plans AI safety standards covering development and deployment
The proposed standards would cover AI throughout its life cycle, from development through deployment. China’s top economic planner also said the country would closely monitor AI’s effects on employment as Beijing works on safety standards and ethical guidelines, according to The Information’s account of its Tuesday announcement.
- Bloomberg says the standards aim to guard against losing control over increasingly powerful AI.
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