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Chinese AI models are politically complex, not just government mouthpieces, study finds

A study by Vals AI tested 25 AI models for alignment with Chinese government positions and found that Chinese models answer political questions less uniformly than expected, while Western models occasionally adopt official Beijing positions. The language of the prompt had an especially strong effect on the political slant of responses.

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A study by Vals AI tested 25 AI models for alignment with Chinese government positions and found surprising results. Chinese models respond to political questions less uniformly than expected, and Western models occasionally adopt official Beijing positions too. The language of the prompt had an especially strong effect on the political slant of responses.

The article Chinese AI models are politically complex, not just government mouthpieces, study finds appeared first on The Decoder.

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