‘Deep synthesis service providers’ otherwise free to create AI-generated humans in line with socialist values
China’s Cyberspace Administration has issued guidelines on how to do deepfakes the right way.
Deepfakes use artificial intelligence to create realistic depictions – usually videos – of humans saying and/or doing things they didn’t say and/or do. They’re controversial outside China for their potential to mislead audiences and create trouble for the people depicted.
Beijing clearly also has worries about the technique as the Cyberspace Administration (CAC) has issued regulations that prohibit their creation without the subject’s permission, or to depict or utter anything that could be considered as counter to the national interest. Anything counter to socialist values falls under that description, as does any form of “Illegal and harmful information” or using AI-generated humans in an attempt to deceive or slander.
