China Tech Ministry to Unveil AI Ethics Rules Soon as Next Month

The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology will publish a set of draft guidelines governing the ethical use of AI as soon as next month, a Chinese Academy of Sciences professor says.

• MIIT will seek public opinion on the set of rules: Zeng Yi, who’s also a member of a UN advisory body on AI
• Guidelines will call for ministries and local governments to set up ethics review committees: Zeng, who helped draft the rules
• In sensitive areas, the guidelines will allow the government to directly review AI usage by companies if needed: Zeng told reporters on the sidelines of ...