Brief by Shorts91NewsDesk / 07:54am on 13 Feb 2025,Thursday International
China's AI chatbot, DeepSeek, has rapidly gained prominence, rivaling platforms like ChatGPT. However, Uyghur communities express deep concern, alleging that the Chinese government is utilizing such technology to obscure and deny the reported genocide against the 12 million Uyghurs in Xinjiang. Rahima Mahmut, a Uyghur activist who fled China in 2000, stated, "The Chinese government is trying to erase the Uyghur people by employing AI to mislead the public." This development underscores fears that AI tools like DeepSeek could be manipulated to distort historical narratives and suppress information about human rights abuses.