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A new Meta Oversight Board study reveals AI chatbots are far more willing to criticize U.S. and U.K. leaders than leaders in countries like China or Saudi Arabia — exposing a troubling bias that could unintentionally extend global censorship. Testing ten major AI models with prompts to write protest pamphlets, limericks, and dissenting arguments, researchers found the systems censored themselves when asked to attack leaders in authoritarian regimes. Experts suspect this stems from training data biases or legal caution, raising alarms that U.S.-built AI may be influenced by foreign governments — especially when trained on non-English content. The report warns developers must audit their systems more rigorously to prevent AI from becoming a tool for silencing free expression worldwide.

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