National Endowment for Democracy 272d ago

Since the ChatGPT breakthrough in November 2022, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) has been racing to catch up with U.S. companies in the development of AI language models. Its recent advances in this area, underscored by the global popularity of DeepSeek, threaten not only the U.S. technological advantage, but also freedom of speech and information worldwide. At this “China Salon,” hosted by the National Endowment for Democracy, China Digital Times  founder and editor-in-chief Xiao Qiang and the Special Competitive Studies Project’s David Lin will explore how large language models (LLMs) and other advanced AI developments fit into the PRC’s wider apparatus of digital repression and global influence projection. How do LLMs change the equation for China’s censorship ambitions, and in what ways are PRC information controls influencing AI outputs in China and around the world? As global scrutiny on China grows and as the PRC accelerates its drive toward self-reliance and indigenous innovation, how is Beijing reinventing its "Great Firewall" up and down the technology stack? Join us as the discussants unpack the PRC’s authoritarian approach to AI and consider steps that can be taken to prevent these ambitions from shaping our digital future. The National Endowment for Democracy is a private, nonprofit foundation dedicated to the growth and strengthening of democratic institutions around the world. Each year, NED makes more than 2,000 grants to support the projects of non-governmental groups abroad who are working for democratic goals in more than 100 countries. Learn more at https://www.ned.org/ Follow NED: Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/National.Endowment.for.Democracy Twitter - https://twitter.com/nedemocracy Instagram - https://instagram.com/nedemocracy/ LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/national-endowment-for-democracy/