Chinese AI firms only publish safety test results for 3.6% of models
October 12, 2026
China’s leading AI developers have publicly disclosed model-specific safety-test results for only a small fraction of their releases, reports Reuters citing a report by research firm SemiAnalysis. This comes as concerns about the risks posed by advanced AI systems increase worldwide.
California-based SemiAnalysis, a technology research firm, reviewed 857 models released between 2021 and September 15 of this year by nine leading Chinese AI companies—Alibaba, ByteDance, Tencent, Baidu, DeepSeek, Moonshot, Z.AI, MiniMax and StepFun.
It found that 31 releases, or 3.6%, had a published safety-evaluation result that could be matched to a specific model. Just nine, or 1.1%, had such results available at or before launch, it said. Researchers found no safety disclosure for 813 releases, though companies could have conducted tests privately.