China’s top court posts guidelines on deepfakes, AI disputes

China’s top court issued guidelines on Monday covering a range of emerging pitfalls associated with artificial intelligence, including unauthorised deepfakes and voice cloning, state media reported.

The move provides judicial guidance for AI-related disputes in China, which is currently engaged in an intense competition with the United States for dominance in the key technology.

The guidelines released by the Supreme People’s Court “make clear that people cannot use AI to create or distribute recognisable digital replicas of others without their consent, including cloned faces and voices”, state news agency Xinhua reported.