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China’s Supreme People’s Court Issues First Guidelines for AI Disputes, Calls Them ‘Judicial Wisdom’

From Dong-A Ilbo · () Korean

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  • China’s Supreme People’s Court issued its first guidance defining standards for rulings in AI-related disputes.
  • The 24-article document addresses concerns including AI-based face and voice imitation, AI hallucinations and autonomous driving.
  • The court said the guidance sets substantive and procedural rules while defining red lines without restricting technological innovation.

China’s Supreme People’s Court has issued its first national guidance on how courts should handle disputes involving artificial intelligence, describing the document as an expression of “judicial wisdom.”

The court released the 24-article guidance on the seventh. It covers issues that have drawn broad public concern, including AI-generated imitation of faces and voices, AI hallucinations and autonomous driving.

The Supreme People’s Court said the document provides specific rules for both the substance of AI dispute judgments and the procedures used to litigate them. It said the guidance comes as innovation in AI technology enters an unprecedentedly active period, bringing major opportunities alongside management challenges.

The court emphasized that the document takes a problem-oriented and value-oriented approach. It focuses on the main issues in AI-related trials that attract wide public attention.

The guidance also establishes clear red lines for AI disputes, the court said, while preserving room for the innovative development of AI technology.

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