Open-source AI firm Hugging Face confirms ‘regrettable accessibility issues’ in China | Semafor
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  • xep@kbin.social
    81·
    1 year ago

    Completely unsurprising considering the draconian censorship in China. There is no way the CCP would tolerate any datasets containing material that would’ve otherwise been blocked on the Chinese internet.

  • Lugh@futurology.todayOPMEnglish
    52·
    1 year ago

    For a country that we often hear wants to win at dominating AI, this seems like a classic case of shooting yourself in the foot.

    • olicvb@lemmy.caEnglish
      3·
      1 year ago

      Do we know if they ever let researchers work on blocked data? They could still dominate AI behind the curtains, doesn’t seem farfetched