For the Chinese Communist Party, that’s the plan. The country’s history of censorship and surveillance is extending to its approach to AI, writes Business Insider’s Linette Lopez.

The CCP’s plan for AI is about shaping reality and enforcing its power, according to internal documents. To that end, the government has final sign-off on large language models and the data they were trained on.

In short, it’s less “move fast and break things” and more “proceed in a government-approved fashion and avoid upsetting the status quo.”

China’s push to exert control over AI comes at a critical juncture for the country.

As Linette has previously reported, China’s bright economic future has dimmed considerably. And its recovery plan — China shock 2.0  — won’t come easily or be welcomed by the rest of the world.

So, as AI chatbots become the new method of receiving information, it’s no wonder the CCP is making sure AI is getting accurate its messages across.