China Reports 1st Arrest Over Fake News Generated Using ChatGPT

China has reported its first arrest related to the creation of fake news using ChatGPT. The arrest was made after a man created a story claiming that a crash had resulted in the deaths of nine construction workers in a city located in China’s northwestern Gansu province.

A man in China’s Gansu province has been detained for allegedly using ChatGPT to generate a fake story about a train crash, marking China’s first arrest in an AI-related probe as Beijing tightens deepfake technology.

The story, which claimed the crash killed nine construction workers in a city in China’s northwestern Gansu, gained more than 15,000 clicks after being published on social media on April 25, Pingliang city’s local police bureau reported.

China’s new rules for deepfake bar service providers and users from using such technology to produce, release and fabricate untrue information.

In a recent interview with the BBC, Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak called for AI content to be labeled and regulated.

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