China's latest AI chatbot is trained on President Xi Jinping's political ideology

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• May 25 2024

China's latest artificial intelligence chatbot is trained on President Xi Jinping's doctrine, a stark reminder of the ideological parameters that Chinese AI models should adhere to

China's latest AI chatbot is trained on President Xi Jinping's political ideology

China's latest artificial intelligence chatbot is trained on President Xi Jinping's doctrine, a stark reminder of the ideological parameters that Chinese AI models should adhere to

HONG KONG (AP) — China's latest artificial intelligence chatbot is trained on President Xi Jinping's doctrine, a stark reminder of the ideological parameters that Chinese AI models should adhere to.

China's Cyberspace Academy announced earlier this week that the chatbot was trained on Xi Jinping Thought, a doctrine that promotes "socialism with Chinese characteristics."

The chatbot was trained using seven databases, six of which were primarily related to information technologies, provided by China's internet regulator, the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC).

Xi Jinping Thought was the seventh database the chatbot was trained on, according to a CAC magazine post about the AI ​​model on the WeChat messaging service.

The large language model trained by Xi is the authorities' latest attempt to spread the Chinese leader's ideology and ideas. Students were required to take classes on Xi Jinping Thought in schools, and an app called Study Xi Strong Nation was also launched in 2019, which allows users to learn about his ideologies and take tests on them.

Xi Jinping Thought - also known as "Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era" - consists of 14 principles, including ensuring the absolute power of the Chinese Communist Party, strengthening national security and socialist values, and improving people's livelihood and well-being.

The chatbot was primarily developed to demonstrate development and practical applications in cybersecurity and IT research, according to the China Institute of Cybersecurity Affairs, which had launched the AI ​​model for internal use.

The AI ​​model could produce report outlines on topics such as AI development and productivity, CAC Magazine's WeChat post said.

"Users can select different categories of knowledge bases for intelligent questions and answers. The professionalism and authority of the corpus ensure the professionalism of the generated content," the post said.

The AI ​​model will also be able to produce reports, summarize information and provide translations in Chinese or English for users who have access to it.

It is not clear, however, whether the chatbot trained by Xi will be for public use.

The chatbot's unveiling comes at a time when the US and China are locked in a race for AI supremacy.

Although San Francisco-based OpenAI's generative AI model ChatGPT is widely considered one of the most important developments in the field, China too has ambitions to become the global leader in AI by 2030.

China's access to a population of 1.4 billion people also allows the country to amass volumes of data to train facial recognition and autonomous driving systems.

Tech companies like Alibaba and Baidu have already launched primarily Chinese-language AI models similar to ChatGPT for public and commercial use.

However, these AI models tend to be subject to greater restrictions as they must adhere to China's strict censorship rules. This means that Chinese AI models often do not answer politically sensitive questions asked of them.