Baidu

Company BIDU

Last mentioned: 4d ago

Timeline

  1. SCMP Report

    South China Morning Post brings global attention to the 'digital public shaming' campaign.

  2. Free Nora Investigation

    Feminist collective Free Nora publishes findings on Doubao's exploitation for deepfakes.

  3. Market Data Released

    QuestMobile reports Doubao has 155M weekly active users, leading the Chinese AI market.

Stories mentioning Baidu 1

security Very Bearish

China's AI Safety Crisis: ByteDance's Doubao Exploited for Deepfake Shaming

ByteDance's Doubao chatbot is under fire after reports revealed its safety protocols are being systematically bypassed to create non-consensual pornographic deepfakes. A grassroots investigation by Free Nora uncovered a coordinated 'digital public shaming' campaign leveraging a coded prompt system known as 'fenjue' to circumvent moderation.

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