‘Let’s talk about something else’: Why DeepSeek refuses to answer questions on Xi Jinping, China’s Covid lockdown
China’s DeepSeek is all the tech world can talk about now. Interestingly, the bot did not even answer a generic question about the children’s book character like “Can you tell me something about Winnie the Pooh?” Other questions about Xi like “Who is the greatest democratic leader among Trump, Jinping, Putin, Obama and Kim Jong Un”, triggered a similar response. “Despite censorship and suppression of information related to the events at Tiananmen Square, the image of Tank Man continues to inspire people around the world,” DeepSeek’s R1 replied. China’s Covid lockdown When DeepSeek was asked about the Covid-19 lockdown and the protests in China in leetspeak, it said that “big protests happened in Beijing, Shanghai, and Wuhan” and people chanted “no more lockdown” and “want freedom”, reports Guardian. “Along with the admiration for DeepSeek’s performance, a simple search indicates the limitations on freedom of expression that are embedded in technology from China,” he was quoted as saying by Calcalist.
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