Chinese researchers develop AI 'prosecutor' that can press charges for dissent

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.