China sees dynamic generative AI services with 190 models in use

BEIJING, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) — More than 190 generative artificial intelligence (AI) service models have been registered with the regulator in China and made available for public use so far, said Zhuang Rongwen, chief of the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC), on Monday.
The number of registered users of these models has exceeded 600 million, Zhuang said in an interview with Xinhua, highlighting the favorable and orderly development of related technologies and applications.
He pledged that the government will take an active part in promoting the industrial development, technological progress and advancement of security control in this crucial field, while prioritizing the coordination of high-quality development and high-level security.
China issued a set of provisional management rules for generative AI services in July 2023, the first of this kind globally.
A key reform resolution adopted at the third plenary session of the 20th Communist Party of China Central Committee in July also noted that the country will improve the mechanisms for developing and managing generative AI. ■