“What Does ‘It’s My Duty’ Mean?” ByteDance Chatbot: “This Content is in Suspected Violation of Terms of Use.” (opens in new tab)

CDT Chinese recently highlighted an exchange with ByteDance’s AI chatbot Doubao which illustrated the annual spike in online censorship surrounding the anniversary of the June 4th crackdown, and the newer phenomenon of high political guardrails around Chinese AI output: What does [the English phrase] "it’s my duty" mean? This content is in suspected violation of […]