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Report Finds Chinese AI Firms Rarely Publish Model Safety Tests
A research firm called SemiAnalysis looked at many AI models released by nine Chinese companies.
It checked whether the companies had shared safety-test results for each model.
Out of 857 models, only 31 had public results that could be linked to a specific model.
Only nine had those results available by the time they launched.
The researchers found no public safety information for 813 models.
That does not prove those models were never tested.
The companies may have done tests without publishing them.
The report comes as people around the world are paying more attention to risks from advanced AI.
SemiAnalysis reviewed 857 models released from 2021 through September 15 by nine leading Chinese AI companies.
Only 31 releases, or 3.6%, had published safety-evaluation results matched to a specific model.
Just nine releases, or 1.1%, had matching results available at or before launch.
Researchers found no public safety disclosure for 813 releases.
The report said companies may have conducted safety tests privately.
- Who
- SemiAnalysis reviewed releases from Alibaba, ByteDance, Tencent, Baidu, DeepSeek, Moonshot, Z.AI, MiniMax and StepFun.
- What
- A report found public model-specific safety-test results for 31 of 857 releases, with nine results available by launch.
- Where
- The companies reviewed are Chinese; SemiAnalysis is based in California.
- When
- The review covered releases from 2021 through September 15; the article does not specify the year for September 15.
- Why
- The report comes amid growing worldwide concern about risks posed by advanced AI systems.
Key facts
- Research firm
- SemiAnalysis
- Models reviewed
- 857
- Companies reviewed
- Nine
- Releases with matched public safety results
- 31 (3.6%)
- Releases with results available at or before launch
- 9 (1.1%)
- Releases with no safety disclosure found
- 813
- Review period
- 2021 through September 15; year not specified








