China's top court issues first AI dispute rules, covering deepfakes, price discrimination, and autonomous driving liability

最高法发布涉人工智能纠纷案件审理意见，明确 AI 换脸拟声等裁判规则

On September 7, China's Supreme People's Court released a 24-article judicial opinion on AI-related disputes—the first such rules from the country's top court. It sets liability standards for deepfakes, voice cloning, AI 'resurrections' of the deceased, algorithmic price discrimination, celebrity impersonation in livestream sales, and autonomous driving accidents. For example, using someone's voice as training data without consent to produce identifiable synthetic speech constitutes a rights violation. When a vehicle defect and driver error jointly cause a crash, victims can pursue both the driver and the manufacturer. The opinion also covers privacy violations like AI-powered doxxing, open-source software liability, and rules for data use in training.

Why it matters: China's Supreme People's Court issues its first-ever AI litigation guidelines, 24 articles covering deepfakes, doxxing, price discrimination, and autonomous driving — a direct compliance shock for the industry. Score held below 85 because it's a policy document, not a product/...