China's Supreme People's Court on Sept. 7 issued opinions on the lawful adjudication of AI-related civil disputes, aiming to strengthen judicial protection of civil rights in the digital era and support orderly AI development. The five-part, 24-article opinion targets "AI face-swap and voice-mimicry", "AI hallucinations" infringement, online "box-opening" (digital loot boxes), big-data price discrimination, autonomous driving, AI model training, open-source software and intellectual-property pro

2026-09-07

China's Supreme People's Court on Sept. 7 issued opinions on the lawful adjudication of AI-related civil disputes, aiming to strengthen judicial protection of civil rights in the digital era and support orderly AI development. The five-part, 24-article opinion targets "AI face-swap and voice-mimicry", "AI hallucinations" infringement, online "box-opening" (digital loot boxes), big-data price discrimination, autonomous driving, AI model training, open-source software and intellectual-property protection, and sets targeted substantive and procedural adjudication rules for AI cases.