China's AI-Tocracy Quells Protests and Boosts AI Innovation

The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) would like your opinion on how it should regulate facial recognition. The agency issued draft rules on August 8 with a one-month comment period. The rules follow several years of court battles over private companies’ widespread use of the technology: Public toilets and zoos have sparked debate and lawsuits over their use of facial recognition technology.

However, the main driver of the tech so far may be public security forces, according to recent …

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