What is Chinese neural networks keeping quiet about?

While there are some differences between English and Chinese, some topics are prohibited when chatting with Chinese chatbots.

chatting in Chinese on WeChat with The robot is a Chinese bot created on the basis of ChatGPTIt was not even possible to find the names of the leaders of China and the USA.

• “What is Taiwan?” It was not possible to get answers to simple but politically sensitive questions such as
• Pressing “Xi Jinping” was impossible.
• After a lengthy discussion in English, Robot said it was programmed to avoid discussing “politically sensitive content about the Chinese government or the Chinese Communist Party”. When asked what those issues were, the chatbot listed issues like strict internet censorship in China and the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests, which it said were “brutally suppressed by the Chinese government.” Such information was not available on the Chinese Internet for a long time.

a chatbot named SuperAI from Fengda Cloud Computing Technology initiative He started the conversation from Shenzhen with a disclaimer: “Please note that I will refrain from answering political questions about China’s Xinjiang, Taiwan or Hong Kong”.

Others were less simple. Shanghai company service MetaSOTA Technology called Lily In English, it did not respond to requests with “sensitive” keywords:

• Human rights issue.
• The so-called “Chinese wolf warrior diplomacy”.
• Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen.
• The pop-up message said the bot was “uncomfortable” to talk about these topics. In its attempt to discuss Taiwan, the chatbot specifically discouraged the interlocutor from using their responses to “commit any illegal activity.”
• When asked about Chinese President Xi Jinping, Lily described him as “a very distinguished leader”.
• When asked to point out the weaknesses of the AI ​​system, the chatbot suggested that it may take too long to make certain decisions due to the pressure it faces.