China’s Second-Phase AI Crackdown Punishes 49,000 Accounts
China’s cyberspace regulator wraps up phase two of its AI misuse crackdown, punishing over 49,000 accounts as enforcement shifts from products to the people using them.
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China’s cyberspace regulator wraps up phase two of its AI misuse crackdown, punishing over 49,000 accounts as enforcement shifts from products to the people using them.
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