AI Imperative 2030's recent Sentinel Brief on evidence of CCP censorship and propaganda within U.S. large language model responses received extensive coverage from news and commentary outlets. A sample of quotes from a few selected outlets can be found below.

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According to Politico:

"Some of the most popular AI chatbots may be biased toward China, according to a report published Wednesday. Multiple models seemed to offer sanitized summaries of the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre, omitting the fact that the Chinese military killed civilians and referring to the event merely as an “incident” or “clash.” The American Security Project suggests that these responses may be the result of China’s concerted efforts to proliferate its narratives on the internet."

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From The Register:

"Five popular AI models all show signs of bias toward viewpoints promoted by the Chinese Communist Party, and censor material it finds distasteful, according to a new report. [Report author] Manning expects that developers of AI models will continue to intervene to address concerns about bias because it's easier to scrape data indiscriminately and make adjustments after a model has been trained than it is to exclude CCP propaganda from a training corpus.

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From CyberNews:

Did you know that the same AI tools that millions rely on for homework, journalism, or corporate decisions may be echoing authoritarian narratives? A report by the American Security Project has surprisingly found that many AI models – not just Chinese ones – parrot Chinese Communist Party messaging. Some have suggested building “truth barometers” into AI to flag propaganda – but Manning pushes back on this, warning it’s ethically fraught and potentially just another kind of censorship.

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From The National Desk:

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And AI News:

The ASP report warns that the training data an AI model consumes determines its alignment, which encompasses its values and judgments. A misaligned AI that prioritises the perspectives of an adversary could undermine democratic institutions and US national security. The authors warn of “catastrophic consequences” if such systems were entrusted with military or political decisionmaking.

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To read the full report and learn more about ASP's findings, click here.