Tencent’s WeChat requires disclosure of AI-generated content to combat misinformation

Tencent’s WeChat requires disclosure of AI-generated content to combat misinformation

“If the content is AI-generated, it must be labelled,” WeChat said on Wednesday via its content-security account, Shanhu – the Chinese word for “coral”. The super app, marketed as Weixin on the mainland, will help identify AI-generated content (AIGC) on the platform by displaying the relevant tag at the bottom of a published post. WeChat … Read more

ByteDance CEO wants to whip employees into shape, as they lack a ‘sense of crisis’ amid fierce competition at home and abroad

ByteDance CEO wants to whip employees into shape, as they lack a ‘sense of crisis’ amid fierce competition at home and abroad

The chief executive of ByteDance, owner of TikTok and its Chinese sibling Douyin, said the company lacks a sense of crisis, which has made the Chinese social media giant slow and inefficient in the face of fierce competition. That introspection was made by Liang Rubo – co-founder of ByteDance who took over as its chief … Read more