China’s latest artificial intelligence chatbots have been trained on President Xi Jinping’s teachings, a stark reminder of the ideological parameters that China’s AI model must follow.
Hong Kong – China’s latest artificial intelligence chatbots have been trained on President Xi Jinping’s teachings, a stark reminder of the ideological parameters that China’s AI model must follow.
China’s Cyberspace Academy earlier this week launched a chatbot trained on Xi Jinping Thought, a doctrine that promotes “socialism with Chinese characteristics.”
The chatbot was trained on seven databases, six of which were primarily related to information technology and provided by China’s internet watchdog, the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC).
According to a CAC magazine post on the AI model on the WeChat messaging service, Xi Jinping Thought was the seventh database on which the chatbot was trained.
The Xi-trained large-scale language model is the latest effort by authorities to spread the ideology and thoughts of the Chinese leader. Students are required to take classes on Xi Jinping Thought in schools, and in 2019 an app called “Xi Jinping Strong Nation Study” was also launched, allowing users to learn about and take quizzes on Xi Jinping’s ideology.
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