West must unite against China's authoritarian AI, warns Clegg

Sir Nick called on Europe, America and India to ensure that revolutionary technology is based on democratic principles. Photo: Kenzo TRIBOUILLARD/AFP

Sir Nick Clegg warned that China would imbue the artificial intelligence it is developing with «autocratic values» and that Western countries should unite to defend against them.

China unveils new rules governing AI which prevent from undermining state power and ensure its support for socialist values.

“It is very important that Europe, America and India do not act in the same way,” Sir Nick, head of international relations at Facebook&#. 39's parent company, Meta, told Bloomberg Television.

“But if they can come together, then we can guarantee that these new technologies will be based on democratic values, and not on all autocratic values, because I can guarantee you that these very powerful new technologies will be used by autocrats around the world in their purposes. — and I think we need to do something very different.”

Sir Nick also complained that rival social media platform TikTok, owned by a Chinese company, can operate in the US while Facebook is banned in China.

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Former vice premier warns that differences in Western approaches between India, the US and European countries could allow Chinese AI to work.

Sir Nick joins politicians in the US speaking out for cracking down on the popular video platform TikTok. with youth.

The Chinese Communist Party has ordered that all new AI robots be submitted for security checks before they are released to the general public.

Recently launched AI tools such as ChatGPT can be used to write articles, compose songs or provide answers to search queries on the Internet.

Similar «generative» AI tools have been developed to create fake images and videos that appear realistic.

According to the rules announced by the Cyberspace Administration of China, AI will also have to stop the spread of false information, racist posts or obscene content.

Bots must also comply with copyright laws.

Researchers who develop technology that fails these tests can be fined 100,000 yuan (£11,000) or prosecuted. criminal liability if they violate other laws. .