How AI Deals with Dark Thoughts - China Media Project
While China invites criticism for AI values that prioritize political controls, it's hard to deny that Chinese-made chatbots outperform on suicide prevention safeguards.| China Media Project
China's latest internet special actions, a campaign against "negative emotions," lifts the lid on the country's obsessive and capricious control culture. The post The Malice Police appeared first on China Media Project.| China Media Project
While China invites criticism for AI values that prioritize political controls, it's hard to deny that Chinese-made chatbots outperform on suicide prevention safeguards.| China Media Project
Film star Wu Jing is well-known as the rough, tough face of China's "Wolf Warrior" spirit. So what does it mean if Chinese netizens see his ridiculous side—especially during a week when Beijing staged a massive military parade to showcase the nation's muscularity? The post Hard Times for the Face of the “Wolf Warrior” appeared first on China Media Project.| China Media Project
The surge of headlines for Xi Jinping during his recent visit to Tibet, coming shortly after the annual lull of the official Beidaihe vacation period, was another sign that the Chinese leader continues to dominate. The post Summer Break, Power Intact appeared first on China Media Project.| China Media Project
Media outlets worldwide reported that China's official People's Daily newspaper slammed the chipmaker. But there are important complications to this oversimplified take.| China Media Project
After a company boss destroyed a journalist's camera earlier this month, state media rushed to the defense, sounding off about the "right to report." This moral signaling distracts from the systemic violence against journalism that is the real policy of the state.| China Media Project
Are Chinese media exaggerating the elevated state of the country's AI technology? A senior scientist says yes—and warns that hype is blinding China to looming challenges.| China Media Project
A sketch during this year’s Spring Festival Gala on China Central Television attacked "self-media," showing how social posts distort the truth. But the state-run network’s portrayal of independent content creators as purely harmful is itself an exaggeration and oversimplification.| China Media Project
Through on-the-ground reporting, the WeChat-based outlet Positive Connections offers rare insight into the cyber scam compounds along the Thailand-Myanmar border — questioning prevailing Chinese public opinion that scapegoats Southeast Asian countries.| China Media Project
A forum in Bangkok this month underscored China’s ambition to work with local partners in Southeast Asia to impact public opinion there. A closer look at one of the propaganda vehicles meant to accomplish this goal suggests carelessness reigns down below such high-level exchanges.| China Media Project
In Xi’s “New Era” signs now point to the untimely end of the Weibo Era. Is it possible any longer to build a platform strategy around recognized public intellectuals?| China Media Project
AI hallucinations are impossible to eradicate — but a recent, embarrassing malfunction from one of China’s biggest tech firms shows how they can be much more damaging there than in other countries.| China Media Project
US vice-presidential candidate Tim Walz, a former Cantonese learner who was popular with his Chinese students, is affectionate toward China — but he is no "dove" on human rights, Hong Kong, and Tibet issues.| China Media Project
Chinese AI is moving at a fast pace, but it’s important not to give in to hype about exactly what the technology can do — a point state media are now making themselves.| China Media Project
Chinese media coverage of Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's recent visit to China has been characterized by a blend of criticism and optimism, strategic framing, and an emphasis on historical ties.| China Media Project
Beijing state media have released a short AI-generated series on Douyin. It’s the meeting point of several tools the Party has been using to modernize media and propaganda.| China Media Project
With a US Senate debate on TikTok and its national security implications on the horizon, some media have asked what signs there are that the app's parent company, ByteDance, is under the thumb of China's leadership. An abject politically-laden apology six years ago by the company's CEO cuts right through the questions.| China Media Project
Since former Chinese Premier Li Keqiang passed away last week, his legacy has been quietly boxed up and filed away. The current leadership under Xi Jinping hopes that the nation can move quickly past his pragmatism and the questions it raises about the present.| China Media Project
The "core socialist values" suddenly appearing on a wall in London might have sounded familiar to locals. But the line drawn by China's leadership is clear: "universal values" are Western and "core socialist values" are Chinese — and never the twain shall meet.| China Media Project
