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South China Morning Post
03-05-2025
- Science
- South China Morning Post
AI guidelines support innovation and target those who exploit tech in Hong Kong
Artificial intelligence (AI) has been advancing at an astonishing pace, raising concerns about how the technology will change the world – and how soon. It is good to see Hong Kong taking timely action to craft policies to help ensure AI tools are beneficial rather than threats to human safety. Advertisement Commissioner for Digital Policy Tony Wong Chi-kwong has called for a ban on generative AI systems that may pose such threats, and for extensive supervision of AI software used in critical infrastructure. Wong made his call last month at the World Internet Conference Asia-Pacific Summit. Hosting 1,000 local and overseas participants for the first such event held outside the mainland, the city showed how it can serve as a bridge and two-way platform linking China with the rest of the world in AI development. Wong showcased the city's new technical and application guidelines for generative AI tools to 'balance AI innovation, application and responsibility' and build a governance framework tailored for local characteristics and all stakeholders. The guidelines aim to facilitate the 'safe and responsible' development and application of generative AI. Advertisement The guidelines had input from the Hong Kong Generative AI Research and Development Centre, which studied how other jurisdictions have applied the technology.
South China Morning Post
15-04-2025
- Science
- South China Morning Post
Hong Kong should ban AI tools posing threats to human safety: policy office
Hong Kong's digital policy body has called for a ban on generative artificial intelligence (AI) systems that pose threats to human safety and extensive supervision of such software if it must be used in critical infrastructure, as part of new guidelines. Advertisement Speaking at the second day of the World Internet Conference Asia-Pacific Summit on Tuesday, Commissioner for Digital Policy Tony Wong Chi-kwong announced the city had published the new technical and application guidelines for generative AI tools. 'Its primary objective is to balance AI innovation application and responsibility, thereby constructing a governance framework tailored to the Hong Kong context, with local characteristics for all stakeholders in the AI ecosystem,' he said in a speech. 'We hope the guidelines can facilitate the industry and the public in developing and applying generative AI in a safe and responsible manner, while encouraging innovative application of AI, mitigating risk and fostering the widespread adoption of generative AI in Hong Kong.' The office earlier commissioned the Hong Kong Generative AI Research and Development Centre, which falls under the government's InnoHK innovation programme, to research the topic and propose guidelines. Advertisement The centre reviewed the technology's application and the positions taken by various jurisdictions, in addition to gathering feedback from the innovation and technology industry to compile the guidelines covering technologies, developers, service providers and users.
