“ChinAI #346: Reputation Collectives - how industry industry associations have helped raise China’s safety standards in high-risk technologies” by Jeffrey Ding

My latest article on how international private governance could play a role in AI governance.

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These are Jeff Ding's (sometimes) weekly translations of Chinese-language musings on AI and related topics. Jeff is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at George Washington University.

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First published:
February 9th, 2026

Source:
https://chinai.substack.com/p/chinai-346-reputation-collectives

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