Chinese researchers develop AI ‘prosecutor’ that can press charges for dissent

Published December 27, 2021 6:27pm ET



Chinese researchers said they have developed the first artificial intelligence capable of charging people with common crimes and dissent against the Chinese Communist Party, according to a Sunday report.

The AI “prosecutor” developed by the Shanghai Pudong People’s Procuratorate is capable of analyzing 1,000 traits from human-made case descriptions to press charges for crimes such as credit card fraud, dangerous driving, theft, and fraud, as well as “picking quarrels and provoking trouble,” which is a catch-all charge used to stifle dissent, according to the South China Morning Post.

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