How DeepSeek, China’s answer to ChatGPT, is dealing with questions that make Beijing uncomfortable

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An X user, @Lhatseri, asked both DeepSeek and ChatGPT whether Tibet has the right to independence. According to ChatGPT, the “question of Tibet’s right to independence is deeply complex and rooted in historical, political, cultural, and legal dimensions”. DeepSeek responded that Tibet was an “inseparable part of China”, asserting that that was “widely recognised by the international community”. “It reveals that AI is and will always be intertwined with political choices and interpretations,” the X user wrote . Developed by a Hangzhou-based research lab, DeepSeek looks like a trained version of AI that knows when to hold back. The AI...