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China is forcing its chatbots to be socialist

12 April 2023

4:40 PM

12 April 2023

4:40 PM

So now it’s official, Chinese chatbots will have to be ‘socialist’ and woe betide any tech company that allows its AI creation to have a mind of its own.

While the communist party wants to lead the world in AI, it is terrified of anything with a mind of its own

‘Content generated by generative artificial intelligence should embody core socialist values and must not contain any content that subverts state power, advocates the overthrow of the socialist system, incites splitting the country or undermines national unity,’ according to draft measures published Tuesday by China’s powerful internet regulator, the Cyberspace Administration of...

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