What are the benefits of algorithm registration for AI companies?

Starting from 2023, with the implementation of AI regulatory laws and regulations such as the "Interim Measures for the Administration of Generative Artificial Intelligence Services", "Regulations on the Administration of Internet Information Service Algorithm Recommendations", "Regulations on the Administration of Deep Synthesis of Internet Information Services" , and "Measures for the Identification of Artificial Intelligence Generated Synthetic Content", more and more AI companies are beginning to face the "algorithm filing" requirement for product compliance operations. For many AI companies, Internet platforms, and developers, a common question is:

“Do we really need to do algorithm filing? What are the benefits of doing so? Is there any practical value to the business?”

Today, I would like to talk about the actual role and long-term significance behind algorithm filing from three perspectives: platform requirements, compliance demonstration, and investor trust .

1. Platform access: Filing is the “entry ticket”

According to legal requirements, application distribution platforms and channels have the obligation and responsibility to review the compliance of AI products on the platform and in the future. If the platform fails to fulfill its review responsibilities, it will also be punished. Now, more and more platforms have begun to strictly require AI products to complete filing before they can be put on the shelves or update versions, especially services related to content generation (such as text generation, image generation, and video synthesis). There are even some platforms that have a "one-size-fits-all" approach. As long as they are related to AI, regardless of whether they are included in the filing requirements, they all require people to file...

Simply put, algorithm filing has become an important "pass" to enter the mainstream platform channel ecosystem. Without algorithm filing, it cannot be put on the platform for operation.

2. Compliance Demonstration: Enhancing Trust among Customers and Partners

Algorithm filing is not only a policy compliance behavior, but also a way to show the outside world that "we take legal responsibilities and user rights seriously."

Especially in the following cooperation scenarios, filing can play a great positive role:

• When bidding or selling to corporate customers , you can indicate "algorithm filing has been completed" in the bidding documents and solutions, which will immediately add points to the compliance score.

• When it comes to sensitive industries such as government cooperation, education, and healthcare , filing is the basic purchasing threshold for G-end customers, and can even help companies further gain stronger competitiveness or even a "green channel."

• When serving B-side customers , customers will consider whether you have registered as part of their own risk control - if you do not register, the other party may violate regulations when using your services.

Algorithm filing is not a panacea, but at critical moments, it is a very important "compliance business card."

3. Investor trust: a “negative factor” in risk identification

In the hot financing wave in the AI ​​field in the past two years, many investment institutions and venture capital firms have become unprecedentedly concerned about the compliance capabilities of entrepreneurial teams.

Old fans know that Lao Zuzi was an AI product manager before he started filing. We have personally experienced this:

• When a startup team was preparing for angel round financing, they were asked during the due diligence phase: "Does your algorithm have a record? Does it hit regulatory keywords?"

• During the same period, a competitor in the Angel Camp was named by the Cyberspace Administration for not registering its algorithm, which led to the suspension of its business for two months. It missed the end of the Angel Camp and its financing evaluation was postponed to autumn.

In the eyes of investors, algorithm registration is no longer just a policy indicator, but an important indicator of whether a company has the ability to control risks .

If your product reaches users and has the ability to generate recommendations, but has not yet been registered, it may be regarded as "not yet mature in terms of compliance", affecting the progress of financing and valuation judgment.

4. Back to the essence: Algorithm filing is a "safety shield"

Many bosses think that the algorithm filing process is complicated and time-consuming, but there is no need to worry about it. You don’t have to worry about these matters because they are all our work and we will handle them.

And from previous service experience:

• Assisting AI companies to organize algorithm security management architecture, build algorithm security management system, establish algorithm security management system, and improve product security management functions actually helps companies to more systematically sort out and improve their own risk prevention and control intervention capabilities and product operation management capabilities. This is very important at the company operation and product operation levels.

• A filing process can clarify the risk sources, risk categories, hazard levels, and handling methods , and can also discover some potential compliance risks in advance, acting as a "vaccination".

Algorithm filing is not for "approval", but a "pre-battle readiness check" for the company and its products. At the end of 2024, the AI ​​circle broke the news that an AI company A maliciously induced the product of competitor company B to generate illegal content, and then reported it. As a result, competitor B's product was removed from the shelves by the Internet Information Office for two months for rectification. The world is deep and people's hearts are unpredictable, especially for new AI companies. In addition to making good products, we need to do a lot more...

Compliance is not a constraint, but a runway before a fighter plane takes off

For an AI company, algorithm registration is not a pressure, but a symbol of strength.

It is not the icing on the cake, but a legal qualification that you must have and deserve to have when you connect with platforms, reach out to users, and face investors in the future .

Algorithm filing is not the end, but the starting point.

Only when we embrace compliance and stay at the forefront of policies can we approach the market and embrace capital with greater confidence and stability.

If you are ready to start algorithm registration, or want to know whether your algorithm falls within the registration scope, you are welcome to chat at any time. Lao Zuzi will use the most professional experience to help you avoid detours.

There are only two days left until the deadline to compete for the review quota for the July-August batch!