By MLex Staff ( September 9, 2026, 08:57 GMT | Insight) -- China’s top court has issued its first judicial guidelines for artificial-intelligence disputes, clarifying fault, platform liability and evidentiary burdens while leaving unresolved whether training AI models on copyrighted works infringes copyright and whether AI-generated content is copyrightable. The 24-article opinion, released Sept. 7 by China's Supreme People's Court, draws on existing laws including the Civil Code, Cybersecurity Law, Copyright Law and Personal Information Protection Law, rather than a dedicated AI statute. China has yet to enact a comprehensive AI law.China’s top court has issued its first judicial guidelines for artificial-intelligence disputes, clarifying fault, platform liability and evidentiary burdens while leaving unresolved whether training AI models on copyrighted works infringes copyright and whether AI-generated content is copyrightable....
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