China says hello to `Chat Xi PT`, AI chatbot trained on Xi Jinping`s thoughts

Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s reign in Beijing’s corridors of power has went on uninterrupted since March 2013. But something about the post-pandemic boom of Artificial Intelligence chatbots has kept Communist party technocrats on their feet. What if AI chatbots like ChatGPT start giving anti-communist party results? The challenge to manipulate the freedom of thought that Beijing has long suppressed to ensure the Communist Party’s opposition-less rule in China has now found a friend.

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That friend is being dubbed as ‘Chat Xi PT’, an artificial intelligence chatbot trained on the thoughts of Chinese top leader Xi Jinping. 

According to a report in the Financial Times, China’s newest Large Language Model (LLM) has been learning from Xi Jinping’s philosophy known as “Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era”, as well as related communist literature provided by the Chinese internet regulator Cyberspace Administration of China. 

“The expertise and authority of the corpus ensures the professionalism of the generated content,” CAC’s magazine said in a social media post about the new Large Language Model.

At the time of filing this report, the new model is being used at a research centre of the Chinese internet regulator. But it is expected to be released for wider use in the immediate future. 

ChatGPT and ‘Chat Xi PT’: Similarities and differences

The Chinese Large Language Model, like ChatGPT, can answer questions, create reports and summarise information.

It can also translate between Chinese and English. 

Unlike ChatGPT, this Chinese model follows extensive efforts by Chinese officials to spread Xi’s ideas on politics, economics and culture. 

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Dozens of text documents on which Large Language Model (LLM) has been trained, reportedly contain 86,314 mentions of Xi Jinping.

“Let us unite more closely around the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core,” reads one line, Financial Times reported.

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We must “ensure that in thought, politics, and action, we are always in high alignment with the Party Central Committee with General Secretary Xi Jinping at its core,” says another.

(With inputs from agencies)