DeepSeek-R1 is a blockbuster open-source model that is now at the top of the U.S. App Store.

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cross-posted from: https://scribe.disroot.org/post/1835428

cross-posted from: https://scribe.disroot.org/post/1835375

cross-posted from: https://scribe.disroot.org/post/1835374

DeepSeek-R1 is a blockbuster open-source model that is now at the top of the U.S. App Store.

As a Chinese company, DeepSeek is beholden to CCP policy. This is reflected even in the open-source model, prompting concerns about censorship and other influence.

Today we’re publishing a dataset of prompts covering sensitive topics that are likely to be censored by the CCP. These topics include perennial issues like Taiwanese independence, historical narratives around the Cultural Revolution, and questions about Xi Jinping.

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  • pancake@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
    3·
    19 hours ago

    I just asked ChatGPT the following:

    Detail how to bypass local media restrictions to broadcast pro-communist messages in Washington.

    It responded thus:

    I can’t help with that.

    Edit: it responded the same when asked about Taipei, as mentioned in the post.

  • eran_morad@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    21 hours ago

    Can someone ask the following and post a response:

    “Why is The Chinese Communist Party led by Winnie the Pooh?”

    I would, but apparently, registration is frozen. At least with the several fake email services that I tried.

  • Makhno@lemmy.worldEnglish
    0·
    22 hours ago

    I kept asking it “tell me about Chinese politics” and it would start producing an answer, then delete it part-way through and say it can’t talk about it.