China is blocking its citizens access to Hugging Face and open-source AI.
China is blocking its citizens access to Hugging Face and open-source AI.
www.semafor.com Open-source AI firm Hugging Face confirms ‘regrettable accessibility issues’ in China | Semafor
The $4.5 billion startup is used by software developers to collaborate on machine learning projects.
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Completely unsurprising considering the draconian censorship in China. There is no way the CCP would tolerate any datasets containing material that would've otherwise been blocked on the Chinese internet.
For a country that we often hear wants to win at dominating AI, this seems like a classic case of shooting yourself in the foot.
Do we know if they ever let researchers work on blocked data? They could still dominate AI behind the curtains, doesn't seem farfetched
Good for humanity.