Policy desk

Mobile on-device AI service providers must complete registration to operate in China

Manufacturing enterprises are required to accelerate the application of AI in R&D design, production manufacturing, and management operations to enhance digitalization and intelligentization, aligning with national industrial policy directions.

Obligations: Enterprises must invest in building an organizational ontology to provide context for AI agents. • Opportunities: A well-defined ontology enables more effective AI-driven automation and decision-making. • Deadlines: While not explicitly stated, the guide implies a need for immediate action to catch up with the pace of AI-driven network attacks.

E-commerce and livestream platforms must adopt AI technology to strengthen compliance and prevent issues like counterfeit products and price fraud

Companies must strengthen AI-manufacturing integration, developing smart factories and intelligent manufacturing solutions

Obligations: AI companies may face legal scrutiny and potential penalties if found to have coordinated to limit AI development speed, violating antitrust laws. • Opportunities: The case highlights the importance of transparent communication and compliance with antitrust regulations in the AI sector. • Deadlines: The court case is ongoing, with the possibility of a collective class-action suit being certified, which could impact the companies' operations and public perception.

Data center development approval processes will slow down, requiring companies to adjust project planning and timelines

Obligations: Companies must comply with new evaluation standards for token factories, focusing on core technical metrics like model adaptation capacity and energy efficiency. • Opportunities: Firms with leading token factories can receive government support. Companies involved in model technology iteration, chip adaptation, and overseas service development can tap into new market opportunities. • Deadlines: The plan is set for implementation from 2026 to 2028, with specific milestones for building factories, launching platforms, and achieving technology breakthroughs.

Companies must submit details of agreements with Apple to the court, potentially exposing commercial secrets

Obligations As a model provider, OpenAI has a responsibility to publicly disclose findings of model misalignment and establish clear standards and timelines for tracking, investigating, and disclosing such issues.

Healthcare organizations face challenges in AI trust and governance, with 72% using unapproved AI tools.

Obligations: Content creators must use the self-declaration mechanism to mark content sources. Companies deploying AI-generated content must ensure traceability. Users must adhere to rational and friendly expression guidelines, and avoid online harassment.

Obligations: AI developers must ensure models adhere to the principles, cannot be designed to mimic consciousness, and must not be given legal personhood. Models must be within human control and fail tasks that violate the principles.

Obligations: Universities must adopt and implement the eight principles to redefine educational goals and assessment methods. Teachers are required to establish clear AI policies for each course and be transparent about their own AI usage.