The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the State Administration for Market Regulation and the Ministry of Commerce, jointly released a new national standard for grading the intelligence level of AI terminals on Friday, a move to standardize the booming artificial intelligence hardware market.
The Grading of Intelligence Levels for Artificial Intelligence Terminals establishes a unified benchmarking system for products ranging from smart glasses and televisions to wireless earbuds and automotive cockpits. It is aimed to standardize the evaluation of terminal intelligence, drive product iteration and upgrades, and safeguard users' rights across a rapidly evolving tech landscape.
The standard, which articulates the concept of intelligence, grading criteria and testing methodologies, utilizes a "2+N" framework, that is, two cornerstone standards and multiple specific product category standards.
The grading system ranges from L1 responsive level, L2 tool level, L3 auxiliary level to L4 collaborative level, with intelligence levels going up sequentially.
The L4 collaborative level will be further clarified and improved in subsequent revisions following industry development. The first batch of standards includes seven categories, and the development of standards for other categories will be promoted subsequently.
"The release of a series of national standards for the intelligent grading of AI terminals provides the entire industry with a set of scientific and unified evaluation system. This will plays a positive role in regulating market order and guiding users to have reasonable expectations regarding the level of product intelligence, laying a better foundation for building a safer, more orderly, and efficient ecosystem for AI terminals," said Li Hongwei, chief engineer of the China Center for Information Industry Development.
China unveils intelligence level grading standards for AI terminals
Nicaragua's co-foreign minister Valdrack Jaentschke has warned that militarism must never be allowed to rise again, as Japan's recent moves to lift its arms export ban and revise the pacifist Constitution continue to draw international concern.
This year marks the 80th anniversary of the opening of the Tokyo Trials, where Japan's Class-A war criminals from World War II were brought to justice.
In an interview with China Global Television Network (CGTN), Valdrack Jaentschke voiced his concern that today's world order is being undermined by interventionism and other challenges.
"It is necessary for us to remember that after the end of World War II, countries worked hard to build a new international order based on international law. However, regrettably, more than 80 years later, we are seeing that this once explored and attempted order is being challenged by interventionism, a confrontational mindset, and tendencies like 'might makes right.' These are precisely the conditions that gave rise to fascism and militarism in the past, which ultimately led to the tragedy of World War II," he said.
He said the international community has a responsibility to pursue a new international order -- one fundamentally grounded in peace.
"Looking back at the history more than eight decades ago and comparing it with today's reality, it is our responsibility to recognize that the world should, and must, build a new international order that is more just, fairer, rooted in international law, based on a logic of mutual benefit and shared success, and fundamentally grounded in peace," said the minister.
"Today, as we revisit the Tokyo Trials, it is meant to remind the world that such a tragedy must never be repeated -- and that we must do everything in our power to prevent it from happening again. We must stop that dark world -- born from militarism, interventionism, and fascism -- from ever returning," he said.
Nicaraguan FM warns of militarism revival
