ChatGPT Reportedly Blocked On Chinese Social Media Apps—As Beijing Claims AI Is Used To Spread Propaganda

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ChatGPT Reportedly Blocked On Chinese Social Media Apps—As Beijing Claims AI Is Used To Spread Propaganda
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Earlier this week, Chinese state-controlled media claimed ChatGPT and similar AI tools could be used to push U.S. propaganda.

Regulators in Beijing have ordered the country’s top tech companies to ensure that their platforms do not offer access to OpenAI’s ChatGPT or other services powered by the AI-driven chatbot,, days after Chinese state media tried to paint the service as a potential enabler for American propaganda....

Like most major foreign web platforms, ChatGPT is blocked by China’s “great firewall” as it does not conform with the country’s censorship laws. The chatbot service had been made accessible to some users in the country through third-party apps on WeChat before being taken down by Tencent, the report adds.

Aside from blocking access to ChatGPT, Chinese tech companies have also been ordered to seek clearance from regulators before launching their own AI-powered chatbots or similar services.Earlier this week, the state-controlled papertitled “How the US uses AI to spread disinformation” that attempted to label ChatGPT as an American propaganda tool.

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