Compliant Development Unleashes AI Generation Capabilities, Becoming a Powerful Assistant in Human Production and Life
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On August 15, China's first regulatory policy for the generative AI industry, the 'Interim Measures for the Management of Generative Artificial Intelligence Services' (hereinafter referred to as the 'Measures'), jointly issued by seven departments including the Cyberspace Administration of China, officially came into effect.
On August 30, the National Innovation Center for High-End Intelligent Home Appliances, in collaboration with upstream and downstream institutions, manufacturers, and other units, released a white paper titled 'Innovation and Development of Smart Home Appliances and Generative AI Large Models,' aiming to 'build a domestic large model open platform for the smart home appliance industry.' This initiative empowers the smart home appliance sector and leads the intelligent upgrade of the home appliance industry.
On August 31, Baidu, a Chinese tech giant, officially opened its generative AI service 'Wenxin Yiyan' to the public, making it China's first compliant generative AI product to go live. Baidu stated that Wenxin Yiyan outperforms OpenAI's ChatGPT in several key metrics.
In November 2022, AI made a grand entrance. With the launch of the groundbreaking product ChatGPT, a wave of enthusiasm for the generative AI industry swept across the globe.
Generative AI technology refers to models and related technologies capable of generating text, images, audio, video, code, and other content, typically based on algorithms, models, and rules. Beyond providing information services, it can also serve as a 'technical infrastructure' for industries such as finance, healthcare, education, autonomous driving, and future society. For example, Huawei Cloud's Pangu large model has reportedly launched models for mining, drug molecules, power, meteorology, ocean waves, and more, with over 1,000 innovative projects implemented across various industries. By offering advanced algorithms and solutions, it drives full-stack independent innovation in large models and accelerates the localization of computing power.
Data shows that in the first half of this year, over 100 large models were released domestically, with about 80 having parameters exceeding 10 billion. As the engine of AI development, computing power in China reached a total scale of 1.97 trillion floating-point operations per second (197 EFLOPS) by the end of June, with an average annual growth rate of nearly 30% over the past five years. The total storage capacity exceeded 1,080 EB.
Compared to other countries, China boasts a vast industrial base and is accelerating the construction of a modern industrial system, creating a larger, more urgent, and more valuable demand for the deep integration of AI technology with industry applications. By the end of May, China had built over 2.844 million 5G base stations, with mobile IoT terminal users exceeding 2.05 billion, becoming the first major global economy to achieve more 'thing' connections than 'people' connections. The foundation for the Internet of Everything is steadily being strengthened. IDC predicts that the market size of generative AI will grow from $820 million in 2022 to $10.99 billion in 2026, increasing its share of the total AI computing market from 4.2% to 31.7%.
With the advancement of AI technology, artificial intelligence has gradually permeated all aspects of life, continuously liberating human labor and improving quality of life. Services such as smart home appliances, beauty filters, film production, and virtual hosts have emerged. However, AI innovation comes with both opportunities and risks, as crimes involving facial recognition and AI technologies have also arisen. According to the Ministry of Public Security, on August 10, authorities announced the crackdown of 79 AI face-swapping cases, arresting 515 suspects. Additionally, 206 cases of stealing and selling express delivery information were solved, with 844 suspects arrested, including 240 internal employees of express companies. Since 2020, the Ministry of Public Security has annually organized the 'Clean Network' campaign, cracking down on crimes involving personal information violations. Over 36,000 cases have been solved, with 64,000 suspects arrested, and over 30 million illegal SIM cards and 300 million illegal online accounts seized. Facial recognition and AI face-swapping have become key targets of national regulation.
The 'Measures' explicitly encourage the innovative application of generative AI technology across industries and fields, promoting the creation of positive, healthy, and uplifting content, exploring optimized application scenarios, and building an application ecosystem. The 'Measures' also emphasize the principle of balancing development and security, combining innovation with legal governance, and implementing inclusive, prudent, and classified supervision of generative AI services, clarifying the overall requirements for providing and using such services.
AI plays a crucial role in driving social development, improving livelihoods, and enhancing productivity and creativity. The sustained development and progress of AI rely not only on the persistent efforts of companies like Huawei, ZTE, iFlytek, 360, Feishu, and Feisuan Technology across various fields but also on the compliant and legal development and use of generative AI to benefit the public.