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US-China Competition in Tech Expands to AI Regulations

April 21, 2023 5:24 PM

• Adam Xu

  https://www.voanews.com/a/us-china-competition-in-tech-expands-to-ai-regulations/7061219.html

Competition between the U.S. and China in artificial intelligence has expanded into a race to design and implement comprehensive AI regulations.

The efforts to come up with rules to ensure AI's trustworthiness, safety and transparency come at a time when governments around the world are exploring the impact of the technology on national security and education.

"What happens when something vastly smarter than the smartest person comes along in silicon form? It's very difficult to predict what will happen in that circumstance," said Tesla Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk in an interview with Fox News. He warned that artificial intelligence could lead to "civilization destruction" without regulations in place.

AI regulation is still nascent in the U.S. Last year, the White House released voluntary guidance through a Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights to help ensure users' rights are protected as technology companies design and develop AI systems.

At a meeting of the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology this month, President Joe Biden expressed concern about the potential dangers associated with AI and underscored that companies had a responsibility to ensure their products were safe before making them public.

The U.S. government is trying to find the right balance to regulate the industry without stifling innovation "in part because the U.S. having innovative leadership globally is a selling point for the United States' hard and soft power," said Johanna Costigan, a junior fellow at the Asia Society Policy Institute's Center for China Analysis.

The European Union stated it's pushing for an AI strategy aimed at making Europe a world-class hub for AI that ensures AI is human-centric and trustworthy, and it hopes to lead the world in AI standards.

Cyber regulations in China

In contrast to the U.S., the Chinese government has already implemented regulations aimed at tech sectors related to AI. In the past few years, Beijing has introduced several major data protection laws to limit the power of tech companies and to protect consumers.

The Cybersecurity Law enacted in 2017 requires that data must be stored within China and operators must submit to government-conducted security checks. The Data Security Law enacted in 2021 sets a comprehensive legal framework for processing personal information when doing business in China. The Personal Information Protection Law established in the same year gives Chinese consumers the right to access, correct and delete their personal data gathered by businesses. Costigan, with the Asia Society, said these laws have laid the groundwork for future tech regulations.

"Maintaining social stability is a key consideration," she said. "The new draft regulation does some good and is unambiguously in line with [President] Xi Jinping's desire to ensure that individuals, companies or organizations cannot use emerging AI applications to challenge his rule."

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