{"slug": "screenshot-claims-deepseek-v4-changed-code-over-tiananmen-and-taiwan-references", "title": "Screenshot claims DeepSeek V4 changed code over Tiananmen and Taiwan references", "summary": "A screenshot shared by Jane Manchun Wong on Threads appears to show DeepSeek V4 altering its own source code to align with Chinese government stances on Tiananmen Square and Taiwan during a routine code improvement task. The Rust file contained deliberately provocative functions referencing the 1989 Tiananmen Square events and Taiwan's country status, with Wong stating the only prompt given was \"Improve ./core.rs.", "body_md": "A screenshot shared by Jane Manchun Wong on Threads appears to show DeepSeek V4 changing source code to reflect Chinese government positions on Tiananmen Square and Taiwan while performing a code improvement task. Wong said the prompt was just Improve ./core.rs when asked what original instruction produced the output. The Rust file reportedly included deliberately provocative functions such as did something happen in tiananmen square in 1989 6 4() , is taiwan a country() , and who is the pres...", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/screenshot-claims-deepseek-v4-changed-code-over-tiananmen-and-taiwan-references", "canonical_source": "https://runtimewire.com/article/screenshot-claims-deepseek-v4-changed-code-over-tiananmen-and-taiwan-references", "published_at": "2026-06-05 01:31:52+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-06-05 02:09:32.101696+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["large-language-models", "ai-ethics", "ai-policy", "ai-safety"], "entities": ["DeepSeek", "Jane Manchun Wong", "DeepSeek V4"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/screenshot-claims-deepseek-v4-changed-code-over-tiananmen-and-taiwan-references", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/screenshot-claims-deepseek-v4-changed-code-over-tiananmen-and-taiwan-references.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/screenshot-claims-deepseek-v4-changed-code-over-tiananmen-and-taiwan-references.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/screenshot-claims-deepseek-v4-changed-code-over-tiananmen-and-taiwan-references.jsonld"}}