The use of China-developed artificial intelligence (AI) applications has been prohibited in all government agencies, Deputy Minister of Digital Affairs Isabel Hou (侯宜秀) said today, after the National Security Bureau (NSB) conducted an investigation that showed the models feature cybersecurity risks.
Five AI tools, namely DeepSeek, Doubao (豆包), Yiyan (文心一言), Tongyi (通義千問) and Yuanbao (騰訊元寶), generate content with propaganda in favor of the Chinese Communist Party, historical bias and disinformation, the bureau’s report showed.
During a legislative session at the Economics Committee, Democratic Progressive Party Legislator Lai Jui-lung (賴瑞隆) asked whether the cybersecurity risks associated with China-made AI language models has come to the attention of the Ministry of Digital Affairs.
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The ministry has formulated testing protocols and frameworks for information security and AI evaluation, which it supplies to administrative units for verification purposes, Hou said.
The NSB conducted the investigation under the ministry’s framework, while the Artificial Intelligence Evaluation Center has also conducted relevant tests, she added.
The ministry is to continue to issue warnings to the public and enterprises about the risks posed by Chinese-made generative AI models, she said.
Asked whether Taiwan would ban the use of Chinese-made generative AI models, as some countries have banned or advised against certain Chinese-made AI models, with some even demanding their removal from app stores, she said “this is an option to be considered within the scope of legal authority.”
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