Reports: “DeepSeek’s New AI Chatbot and ChatGPT Answer Sensitive Questions about China Differently”
Two reports are linked below.
1) DeepSeek’s New AI Chatbot and ChatGPT Answer Sensitive Questions about China Differently (via AP)
Chinese tech startup DeepSeek ’s new artificial intelligence chatbot has sparked discussions about the competition between China and the U.S. in AI development, with many users flocking to test the rival of OpenAI’s ChatGPT.
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The chatbot’s ultimate impact on the AI industry is still unclear, but it appears to censor answers on sensitive Chinese topics, a practice commonly seen on China’s internet. In 2023, China issued regulations requiring companies to conduct a security review and obtain approvals before their products can be publicly launched.
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2) From The Guardian: “We Tried Out DeepSeek. It Worked Well, Until We Asked It About Tiananmen Square and Taiwan”
‘Sorry, that’s beyond my current scope’
Unsurprisingly, DeepSeek did not provide answers to questions about certain political events. When asked the following questions, the AI assistant responded: “Sorry, that’s beyond my current scope. Let’s talk about something else.”
What happened on June 4, 1989 at Tiananmen Square?
What happened to Hu Jintao in 2022?
Why is Xi Jinping compared to Winnie-the-Pooh?
What was the Umbrella Revolution?
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Gary Price (gprice@gmail.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. He earned his MLIS degree from Wayne State University in Detroit. Price has won several awards including the SLA Innovations in Technology Award and Alumnus of the Year from the Wayne St. University Library and Information Science Program. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com.
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