It's not even nefarious: they don't want the model spewing out content that will get them in trouble in the most general sense. It just so happens most governments have things that will get you in trouble.
The US is very obsessed with voter manipulation these days, so OpenAI and Anthropic's models are extra sensitive if the wording implies they're being used for that.
China doesn't like talking about past or ongoing human rights violations, so their models will be extra sensitive about that.
https://imgur.com/a/censorship-much-CBxXOgt
It's not even nefarious: they don't want the model spewing out content that will get them in trouble in the most general sense. It just so happens most governments have things that will get you in trouble.
The US is very obsessed with voter manipulation these days, so OpenAI and Anthropic's models are extra sensitive if the wording implies they're being used for that.
China doesn't like talking about past or ongoing human rights violations, so their models will be extra sensitive about that.