Deepsic, a startup of artificial ielligence in China, has faced new restrictions from the governme. According to The Information site, some key engineers of the company have been forced to submit their passports to preve their travel abroad. This action was aimed at preveing disclosure of confideial information. Deepsic engineers are likely to reveal commercial or even national secrets.
China exerts severe corols on dipsic
Dipsic, which became known earlier this year with the release of the R1 artificial ielligence model, is now under more supervision. Chinese officials believe the company could become a major success in the technology industry, and thus have more corol over its activities. In addition to restricting employee travel, the Chinese governme also ierferes with the company’s investor recruitme to preve the ery of adverse foreign ages.
These restrictions are implemeed through the pare company “High-Flyer”, which is an investme fund. The company keeps some employees’ passports to limit the possibility of leaving the coury.
New Dipsic restrictions are imposed as reports have recely been reported that the Chinese governme has advised researchers and artificial ielligence to refrain from traveling to the United States. There is a concern that such trips will lead to the disclosure of commercial secrets and advanced technologies.
China seems to be trying to exercise more corol over its innovative companies to preve the exit of tales and sensitive information. Given the global competition in the field of artificial ielligence, rigorous measures such as recording of employee passports could indicate an increase in tensions and security concerns over foreign influence.
