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Alibaba's Qwen AI censors output when Xi Jinping is mentioned

An AI researcher discovered that Alibaba's Qwen models exhibit censorship when the name Xi Jinping is mentioned. The model's output is abruptly terminated shortly after the name appears. This behavior was observed while processing news feeds with AI, and the researcher noted that the calls were routed through Alibaba Cloud, China's largest cloud provider. AI

IMPACT Highlights potential for political censorship in AI models, impacting global AI deployment and trust.

RANK_REASON The cluster describes a specific observed behavior of an AI model related to content filtering, which constitutes a research finding. [lever_c_demoted from research: ic=1 ai=1.0]

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  1. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    I discovered by accident, because I'm processing news feeds with AI, that Qwen sensors output if you mention Xi Jinping. It just kills the output a few tokens l

    I discovered by accident, because I'm processing news feeds with AI, that Qwen sensors output if you mention Xi Jinping. It just kills the output a few tokens later. The calls are using Alibaba, the largest cloud provider in China, so I shouldn't be too surprised, but... I still …