China court rulings on AI accelerate race to set standards

TOKYO -- Chinese courts have been handing down a series of judgments related to generative artificial intelligence, indicating how Beijing views the technology and aims to take the lead in setting standards.

In April, a Beijing court made China's first ruling on a person's right to their voice. A voice actor had sued several companies for AI-replicated voice infringement. The court found that some of the companies had indeed infringed on the plaintiff's rights and ordered them to pay 250,000 yuan ($35,000) in damages.