Mastering 'the art of brainwashing,' China intensifies AI censorship

China has once again extended its policy of censorship and surveillance as it looks to keep artificial intelligence (AI) models in check even as it races to advance the ever-expanding technology. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has introduced more regulative measures to make sure its home-based tech companies adhere to the party's ideological rules. All AI firms are required to participate in a government review which analyzes the companies' large language models (LLMs) to ensure they "embody core socialist values," as first reported by the Financial Times last week. A man walks past a photo of Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Museum of the Communist Party of China in Beijing on March 3, 2023. A NEW BREED OF MILITARY AI ROBO-DOGS COULD BE MARINES' NEW SECRET WEAPON China has long worked to suppress information accessible over the internet through the use of its "Great Firewall" -- which has been used to block a litany of items perceived as bad for the CCP, such as information surrounding the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre or memes comparing Chinese President Xi Jinping to Winnie the Pooh.