‘Let’s talk about something else’: Why DeepSeek refuses to answer questions on Xi Jinping, China’s Covid lockdown

China’s DeepSeek is all the tech world can talk about now. But the chatbot has a censorship problem. It refuses to answer questions on sensitive subjects. When asked about Tiananmen Square or Winnie the Pooh, you get a standard response: ‘Sorry, that's beyond my current scope. Let’s talk about something else.’

‘Let’s talk about something else’: Why DeepSeek refuses to answer questions on Xi Jinping, China’s Covid lockdown
China’s DeepSeek is all the tech world can talk about now. But the chatbot has a censorship problem. It refuses to answer questions on sensitive subjects. When asked about Tiananmen Square or Winnie the Pooh, you get a standard response: ‘Sorry, that's beyond my current scope. Let’s talk about something else.’