Beijing flags AI as a national-security risk, citing cognitive warfare

TL;DR
China’s Ministry of State Security warned that AI could threaten the country’s political, institutional, and ideological security, highlighting risks from deepfake audio/video, AI-generated content, and “intelligent troll armies” used to manipulate public opinion, and signaling possible tighter restrictions on foreign AI tools amid broader cyber-security concerns and talks with the United States.
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