Chinese developers published safety tests for only 3.6% of 857 models, SemiAnalysis finds

A SemiAnalysis report, carried by Reuters, finds that of 857 models released by Chinese companies, only 3.6% have published, model-specific safety evaluations. It gives no comparable figure for the US.

The report notes that China's AI Safety Governance Framework names risks such as models hiding their capabilities, but "does not impose mandatory duties linked to model capability".

The coverage is new, but the report's own date couldn't be confirmed, so the report itself may be older.

Same day

China issued guidelines on "new productive forces" that promise "technology monitoring, risk warning and emergency response systems to ensure ai is safe, reliable and controllable". People responsible for major losses from "blind" ai investment will be held "strictly accountable", according to Reuters citing Xinhua.

Why it matters

Almost none of the models Chinese developers release come with published evidence of how they were safety-tested, and the national framework names the risks without making testing compulsory.