Chinese language regulators have reportedly advised the nation’s tech giants to not supply entry to AI chatbot ChatGPT over fears the software will give “uncensored replies” to politically delicate questions.

That’s based on a report from Nikkei Asia citing “folks with direct information of the matter.” Nikkei says Chinese language regulators advised tech companies Tencent and Ant Group (a subsidiary of e-commerce large Alibaba) to not solely limit entry to the US-developed ChatGPT, however to additionally report back to officers earlier than launching their very own rival chatbots.

Such a transfer would match the Chinese language authorities’s heavy-handed strategy to censorship and fast regulatory responses to new tech. Final month, for instance, the nation launched new guidelines concerning the…

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