Cơ quan quản lý Trung Quốc phạt cá nhân 485.000 Nhân dân tệ vì tạo bài viết giả bằng AI về sản xuất soda ash

The Sichuan Securities Regulatory Bureau has imposed penalties on individual investor Sun Zheyuan, according to monitoring by Beating. He used AI to generate 17 fake articles about soda ash production and published them on Baidu's Baijiahao under the account "Di Kan." During the dissemination period, he traded soda ash futures and made a profit of 85,028.85 yuan after deducting transaction fees. The regulator confiscated all profits and imposed a fine of 400,000 yuan, totaling approximately 485,000 yuan in penalties and confiscations. These 17 articles revolved around two false pieces of information: four claimed that a soda ash company experienced a boiler malfunction, halting production for at least six months; the other 13 claimed that an earthquake in Alashan damaged factories. One day after the two batches of articles were published, they collectively received 8,794 views. Some investors have verified the claims with listed companies, while others have reported the misinformation to regulatory platforms. Sun Zheyuan argued that the articles caused no substantial impact and that his futures profits were unrelated to the false information. He also claimed to have suffered from long-term mental illness. The Sichuan Securities Regulatory Bureau rejected all arguments, determining that his intent was clearly deliberate and that he failed to prove he was unable to recognize or control his actions at the time of the incident. The regulator also explicitly stated that profits from futures trading during the dissemination of false information can be directly recognized as illegal gains.