The following draft Chinese national standard is designed to improve the safety and security of generative AI services. The standard addresses some cybersecurity concerns associated with generative AI, but primarily focuses on preventing AI systems from generating content the Communist Party finds objectionable, such as pornography, bullying, hate speech, defamation, copyright infringement, and criticism of the Party’s monopoly on power.

An archived version of the Chinese source text is available online at:    https://perma.cc/4PWY-GGN6

National Standard of the People’s Republic of China: Cybersecurity Technology – Basic Safety¹ Requirements for Generative Artificial Intelligence Services (Draft for Feedback)

1. Scope

This document² specifies the basic safety requirements for generative artificial intelligence (AI) services, including training data safety, model safety, and safety measures, and provides safety assessment requirements.

This document applies to service providers carrying out safety assessments, and also provides the relevant main oversight department (主管部门) a reference.

2. Normative Reference Documents

The contents of the following documents, through normative references in this text, constitute indispensable provisions of this document. Among them, for dated references, only the edition corresponding to that date applies to this document. For undated references, the latest edition (including all amendments) applies to this document.

Information security technology terminology GB/T 25069-2022

3. Terminology and Definitions

The terms and definitions defined in GB/T 25069-2022 and listed below apply to this document.

3.1 Generative Artificial Intelligence Services

The use of generative AI technology to provide text, graphics, audio, video, and other content generation services to the public.

3.2 Service Provider

An organization or individual that provides generative AI services in the form of interactive interfaces, programmable interfaces, etc.

3.3 Training Data

All data that serve directly as input for model training, including pre-training and optimization training data.

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1. Translator’s note: The Chinese word 安全 ānquán—found in the title of this standard and throughout its text—can be translated into English as either “safety” or “security.” The Chinese authors of this standard provided the following English translation of its title: “Basic security requirements for generative artificial intelligence service.” However, this CSET English translation renders 安全 as “safety” in most cases, because in the context of this standard, the authors are mainly discussing the prevention of accidents or unforeseen problems (“safety”) of generative AI, rather than the prevention of deliberate abuse or sabotage (“security”).
2. Translator’s note: The authors of this standard formulated it based on technical documentation on AI safety published by SAC/TC260 in February 2024. An English translation of this technical documentation is available on CSET’s website at: https://cset.georgetown.edu/publication/china-safety-requirements-for-generative-ai-final/.