ChatGPT pushes US, China to take similar precautions on AI accountability
- China does not allow access to ChatGPT, but it is still available to users with virtual private networks (VPNs) and foreign phone numbers
- Biden administration also says it’s looking into whether checks needed to be placed on artificial-intelligence tools such as ChatGPT
China’s payment and clearing association has warned its members against the use of ChatGPT and similar artificial-intelligence tools, amid concerns over the potential for a “cross-border data breach”.
“Practitioners in the payment industry must comply with the regulations on internet usage in their regions,” the Payment & Clearing Association of China, which is governed by the nation’s central bank, said in an online statement on Monday.
“[They should] comprehensively assess the risks of using ChatGPT and other similar tools to deal with work, and use ChatGPT and other tools in compliance with laws and regulations.”
The viral AI chatbot, generated by Microsoft-backed start-up OpenAI, is not officially available in China, where the government strictly censors the internet.
Member units should further improve the internal control-management system on information security
While some third-party developers rushed to provide unauthorised access to the chatbot through WeChat since it was launched in November, these programs were quickly removed by the social media’s parent company, Tencent Holdings.
But some Chinese users have accessed the service by using virtual private networks (VPNs) and virtual foreign phone numbers to circumvent the “Great Firewall”.