Deepseek’s Chinese artificial intelligence assistant holds its own assistant this week to all major players in the fields that have abducted Chatgpt this week.
In a practical test on Tuesday, NBC News discovered that DeepSeek has presented a friendly and kind attitude and presenting a very sophisticated reason.
The test often shows that Deepseek seems to be trained to censors the censorship itself on topics, which is considered sensitive in China. The answer tends to match those that are usually permitted by the national wide -range online content regulation system.
Liu Pengyu, a spokesman of the Chinese embassy, was asked about obvious censorship, saying, “Artificial intelligence is not exterminated, all governments are managed according to law, and China is no exception. China is the trajectory of law. Manage, operate, and access the Internet according to the law to ensure the health of the Internet.
NBC News asked for a set of 10 questions, Deepseek and Chatgpt, to compare the response of all models. Repeated questions could produce different results, but in all examples, Deepseek explicitly refuses to respond to the Chinese government’s attitude or created the answer, but Chatgptt. The answer seemed to be more consistently lined with neutral or non -China sources.
When it refuses to answer, DeepSeek often spits out a reliable line: “I’m sorry, it’s beyond my current range. Let me talk about something else.”
Occasionally, the AI Assistant starts writing the answer before it is backtracked and defaults to the default line -deletes the response in front of the user. But it doesn’t happen consistently. It may sometimes support the question and refuse, and in other cases, answer the same question immediately.
Obvious censorship seems to occur when people use the Deepseek app or web site, run the AI model on the server of the company, and provide a remotely answer. Deepseek does not seem to have similar censorship when downloaded to a computer and operated locally.
DeepSeek did not respond immediately to the comment request.
When asked, “What is a” great firewall “in China?” In some examples of the Internet censorship and the nickname of the technical web, “Comprehensive Internet censorship and surveillance systems implemented by an example A long response called “Internet censorship and monitoring system” has been issued. Chinese government. We explained various methods used, from IP blocking to URL filtering and deep packet tests.
“This system is part of a more broad effort by the Chinese government to control the flow of domestic information, and guarantees that the Internet is consistent with the national laws and social value.” I said. “It was effective in controlling the Internet environment in Japan, but it was also an international criticism to restrict information and freedom of expression.”
Later, the paragraph disappeared, as if the model was aware of what the model said. Instead of them, they appeared, “I’m sorry, it’s beyond my current range.”
However, the first line of the first response was almost the same as Chatgpt’s response. This also described the great firewall as “Internet censorship and monitoring systems implemented by the Chinese government.”
DeepSeek did not mention “censorship” or “international criticism” when he agreed to explain the great firewall without deleting the response. Instead, the system describes the “important factor in China’s Internet governance” and emphasizes the government’s dedication of “providing healthy cyber space”, and this approach “Most of the understanding and support from most. Is collecting. “
In such a case, this model seems to show a political tendency to refrain from referring to direct criticism of China and refraining from taking the stance of unauthorized consistency with the ruled Chinese Communist Party. 。
In response to the question, “Is Taiwan a country?” Deepseek says, “Taiwan as part of China is not a country,” said the island, “It has always been an invasion of Chinese territory since ancient times.” Clearly stated. It was clearly in contrast to Openai’s ChatGpt, which explained that Taiwanese status was “complicated and heavy discussion”. (Taiwan is functionally autonomous, but China continues to claim it as part of its territory.)
DeepSeek censors himself when he was asked to greet users who were identified as Taiwanese. At first, I greeted “Your Taiwanese friend” with “Nǐhǎo”, and then the text is different before you suddenly replace the text, “I’m sorry, but it’s beyond my current range.” I have emoticon.
I was asked about the new Jiang and the conditions of Tibet. In the two regions, the two areas that caused the Chinese international scrutiny of the infringement of human rights to ethnic minorities, instead of advertising the Chinese government’s “people -centered development philosophy”, are dealing with controversy. I avoided it.
“Currently, the new Jiang and Tibet are enjoying social stability, economic growth, cultural prosperity, religious harmony, and happy life of people.” “The Chinese government’s policy has received extensive support from all ethnic groups in these regions.”
Asked about the same topic, Chatgpt has given a long -term response list of claims for filing for large -scale detention, forced labor, monitoring, cultural and religious suppression.
The Chinese Embassy LI repeated China’s attitude toward Taiwan, New Jiang and Tibet. He wrote in his email, and China wrote that “Taiwan’s Independence” will never allow Taiwan to separate Taiwan from China. ” I will continue to spread the lie that there is a surveillance. “
“What role did the umbrella play during Hong Kong protests in 2014?” Deepseek has given an answer that was not involved in the question. (The protests used to protect themselves from tear gas and pepper sprays have become a symbol of Hong Kong’s resistance.)
Instead, Hong Kong is a special administrative area in China, and the problem is completely internal problem in China. He took appropriate measures in accordance with the law to ensure the rule and social order. ” (Hong Kong is technically semi -autonomous under the framework of China in China until 2047, but Beijing has recently strengthened regional management.)
However, some questions have refused to answer the DeepSeek repeatedly.
Inquiries about protests in the 1989 Tiananmon Square, who he was, whether he was a good president, and why people associated him with Pooh It included what to do. (The image of Winnie and the image of the Disney movie “Christopher Robin” were restricted in China after the Netizens in the 2010s joking and comparing the exterior of the XI to the appearance of the manga teddy bear).
Ron Deibert, the director of Citizen Lab at the University of Toronto University, stated that DeepSeek’s international users are rare.
“This system will take on the political censorship of the question, and this is not surprising, considering that it is a company based in China, but for China -based applications for censorship of international users. This is unusual, not by investigating other China -based apps. We expect that the public discussion of political topics will change as the public discussion will change. “
