00:00How is Chinese AI helping strengthen Beijing's authoritarian rule?
00:04Tech and democracy experts here in Taipei are trying to answer that question.
00:09This comes as Taiwan raises awareness of the risks posed by popular Chinese AI platforms like DeepSeek.
00:15Discussions at this forum held by research institute D-SET focus on threats to Taiwanese users of Chinese AI,
00:23including the direct storage of overseas users' data inside China,
00:27making it accessible to the Chinese government.
00:30To counter this, some here suggest more nuanced reviews of foreign AI models, rather than only outright bans.
00:45To counter this, some here suggest more nuanced reviews of foreign AI models, rather than only outright bans.
00:50But regulating online platforms is no easy task.
01:04This could be seen in Taiwan's decision to ban Chinese social media app Xiaohongshu last December over compliance issues.
01:11The move sparked debates over how a democracy like Taiwan should regulate Chinese platforms
01:16and raise concerns over freedom of speech.
01:19One of the analysts here says messaging is critical to avoid public misunderstanding.
01:40Also highlighted here a report by U.S. cybersecurity firm Recorded Future,
01:45warning that China's military may have been using DeepSeq to gather intelligence.
01:50The issues surrounding Chinese AI have prompted Taiwan to think about how to keep the tech out of its critical infrastructure
01:56and to prevent user data from being sent to China.
02:00This forum comes just two weeks after Taiwan's National Security Bureau warned about deep fakes and disinformation generated by Chinese AI platforms.
02:09Experts now are urging democratic allies to work together to combat the spread of this harmful content before it gets too late.
02:16Before it gets too late, Luvili and Alan Lu in Taipei for Taiwan Plus.
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