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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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.
