China Taps AI to Gauge ‘Loyalty’ of Party Members

China Taps AI to Gauge ‘Loyalty’ of Party Members

Researchers at China’s Hefei Comprehensive National Science Centre claim to have built artificial intelligence that can read facial expressions and brain waves to gauge how attentive Communist Party members are to “thought and political education”, The Times reported.

The article, which was published on July 1, the party’s founding day, was taken down soon after following a public outcry, the report said, adding that 43 party members on the institute’s research team were monitored with artificial intelligence as part of the study.

Read the full report: The Times.