Chinese Company Develops AI to Predict Potential Dissidents for Authoritarian Surveillance
By
Julian E. Barnes
Soft in all the wrong places. Take with a strong tea.
Summary
A Chinese company, Geedge Networks, has been developing AI-powered technology designed to help authoritarian governments not only monitor dissidents but also predict who might become one in the future. The research-stage work involves a commercial version of China's Great Firewall surveillance system, raising dystopian concerns about preemptive state action against citizens before any public dissent occurs. The development took place amid U.S. restrictions on technology transfers.
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A Chinese company has been trying to develop artificial intelligence-powered technology that would enable authoritarian governments to not just monitor dissidents but also potentially predict who could become one in the future.
The Chinese company, Geedge Networks, sells a commercial version of the Great Firewall, the surveillance and censorship software that China
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