Japan Considers Establishing Third-Party Certification System to Mitigate Generative AI Risks


South Korea introduced the world's first comprehensive AI regulatory framework, the 'AI Basic Law,' aimed at establishing safety and trust, and promoting South Korea to become one of the top three global AI powers. The act has fully come into effect, with progress leading that of the EU. The act focuses on regulating high-impact AI systems in areas such as nuclear safety, healthcare, transportation, and financial loan approvals.
The competition in China's generative AI sector has entered a new phase focused on user acquisition. "Baidu Wenxin Yanyi" has exceeded 200 million monthly active users, becoming the first domestic large model to enter the 200 million club. "Alibaba Tongyi Qianwen" achieved over 100 million monthly active users within two months of launch, showing rapid growth. Baidu has adopted an "all-domain integration" strategy, fully embedding AI capabilities into core products such as search, accelerating application implementation.
Japan joins the international investigation into AI-generated content on the X platform, requiring it to explain its handling mechanism for unapproved real-person images, highlighting the tightening global regulation of AI content compliance.
News Corporation has partnered with Symbolic.ai, integrating AI deeply into core news production. Dow Jones has been the first to apply it, aiming to enhance the efficiency and quality of financial reporting.
Adobe introduces the OpenAI GPT-Image1.5 model to the Firefly platform and launches a limited-time incentive: Pro and Premium subscribers can use the model to generate images unlimitedly before January 15th. This move shows Adobe is shifting from a single model to building a multimodal AI ecosystem.