CHINA has approved more than 40 artificial intelligence (AI) models for public use in the first six months since authorities began the approval process, as the country strives to catch up to the United States in AI development, according to domestic media.

Chinese regulators granted approvals to a total of 14 large language models (LLM) for public use last week, the Securities Times reported. It marks the fourth batch of approvals China has granted, which counts Xiaomi Corp., 4Paradigm and 01.AI among the recipients.

China started requiring tech companies to obtain approval from regulators to open their LLMs to the public last August.

The government approved the country’s first batch of AI models in August, shortly after the approval process was adopted. (SD-Agencies)