Court holds users liable for generated content online

A Beijing court ruled that users are liable for AI-generated defamatory content, even if they didn't create the underlying model, requiring pre-publication verification and labelling. China's Cyberspace Administration has mandated that all AI-generated content be labelled across its lifecycle, with compliance enforced through court judgments and administrative removal of non-compliant products.

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