DeepSeek Won’t Address Tiananmen. Here’s What to Know: QuickTake

The summer of 1989, when soldiers shot and killed hundreds and possibly thousands of demonstrators in Beijing’s historic Tiananmen Square, helped shape China into the security state it is today.

But if you’re searching for information on those seminal events, what you’ll learn – if anything at all – will depend on where you are or the origins of the technology you’re using. DeepSeek, the Chinese artificial intelligence chatbot that’s caught the world’s attention by performing as well as its top rivals despite costing much less to develop, is designed to sidestep sensitive questions about China and its government.

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