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Chinese AI platform penalized for cybersecurity lapses, illegal content

( December 17, 2025, 07:37 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: An artificial intelligence platform in China’s Chongqing’s Rongchang district has been placed under investigation and hit with administrative penalties for suspected cybersecurity violations, according to the city’s internet regulator. The site’s operator was found to have failed to establish required cybersecurity and content-moderation systems, allowing its AI-chat function to generate prohibited material and neglecting to block banned information. Citing violations of China’s Cybersecurity Law and interim rules governing generative AI services, regulators ordered the operator to fix the problems by a specific deadline, issued a formal warning against responsible personnel and instructed the company to strengthen compliance, improve technical safeguards and tighten oversight.Statement follows (Chinese). ...

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