China works on AI safety benchmark as regulators target large model risks

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China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology is developing an AI safety benchmark to assess artificial intelligence models. The effort responds to growing regulatory focus on AI risks in China, the US, and Europe by recruiting companies and experts to help build the framework.

China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) has started building a safety benchmark to evaluate artificial intelligence models, as regulators in the United States and Europe strengthen oversight of AI security. The MIIT-led National Industrial Information Security Development Research Centre is now recruiting companies and experts to co-build the benchmark, with applications due on Tuesday, according to a notice published on Monday. The institute said that current frameworks...