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China will require AI to reflect socialist values, not challenge social order

China on Tuesday revealed its proposed assessment measures for prospective generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools, telling companies they must submit their products before launching to the public.

The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) proposed the measures in order to prevent discriminatory content, false information and content with the potential to harm personal privacy or intellectual property, the South China Morning Press reported.

Such measures would ensure that the products do not end up suggesting regime subversion or disrupting economic or social order, according to the CAC.

A number of Chinese companies, including Baidu, SenseTime and Alibaba, have recently shown of new AI models to power a number of applications from chatbots to image generators, prompting concern from officials over the impending boom in use.

The CAC also stressed that the products must align with the country’s core socialist values, Reuters reported. Providers will be fined, required to suspend services or even face criminal investigations if they fail to comply with the rules.

If their platforms generate inappropriate content, the companies must update the technology within three months to prevent similar content from being generated again, the CAC said. The public can comment on the proposals until May 10, and the measures are expected to come into effect sometime this year, according to the draft rules.

'TikTok Trickster' allegedly scamming victims
out of thousands of dollars in several states

Law enforcement agencies across several southern states are looking for a man nicknamed the "TikTok Trickster," who police say lures women in using social media and cons them out of money.

FOX 26 in Houston reported that Spanish Fort, Alabama Police Chief John Barber identified the alleged culprit as 54-year-old Brenton Fillers.

"He has never had a job," Barber told the news station. "His criminal history spans 30 plus years. He’s a prolific con artist."

Police say Fillers has at least 27 different aliases, a criminal history in six states and is attracting the attention of law enforcement agencies with his tricks.

Authorities told FOX 26 they believe the TikTok Trickster goes onto the social media platform with fake photos and a false name before messaging women with compliments.

Eventually, Fillers meets the unsuspecting women in person, earns their trust and gets them to give him money.

Police also said Fillers cons the women out of thousands of dollars, sometimes their car, and gets rid of all connections to the alias, including cellphone and name, before hunting for his next victim.