The internet regulator in Shanghai has approved six more generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) services for public release, including a translation tool from RedNote, a Chinese social platform that surged in popularity overseas last month amid uncertainties about TikTok’s fate in the US.
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The newly registered services also included an AI assistant for the upcoming Global Developer Conference, a three-day event in Shanghai that kicks off on Friday. Members of Chinese AI start-up DeepSeek are set to participate, making it the company’s first appearance at a public event since its low-cost, high-performance models captured global attention last month.
The RedNote translator, officially called Xiaohongshu Fanyi, using the platform’s Chinese name, was registered under Xingyin Information Technology (Shanghai), the owner of the platform, according to a post on the website of the Cyberspace Administration of China’s (CAC) Shanghai branch on Wednesday.
The CAC said its Shanghai branch had approved 74 large language models (LLMs) to date. More than 300 LLMs have been registered nationwide since Beijing adopted its GenAI regulation in August 2023. Filing LLMs with the CAC is a necessary step before GenAI services can be launched for public use.
GenAI refers to algorithms that are used to create new content, including text, audio, images and video. LLMs are the type of GenAI that underpin ChatGPT and similar chatbots.
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RedNote rushed to launch in-app translation in late January amid an influx of so-called “TikTok refugees”. Many of the 170 million American TikTok users were looking for alternatives ahead of what some believed was an impending ban of the app on January 19. A law signed last year required ByteDance to divest US operations of the short video app by that date or face being removed by domestic app stores and hosting services.