Meta Oversight Board finds top AI models less likely to criticize repressive regimes

AI models from leading labs including Anthropic ​and OpenAI are much ​less likely to criticize governments known for ​restricting free speech, Meta’s Oversight Board said on Thursday.

A study, the first on large language models by the body, showed AI ‌services were ⁠echoing the ⁠rules of countries that restrict speech and that bias could ​creep into services used by an increasing number of users.

The board, which is funded by Meta but operates independently, ran requests for politically critical content on 10 jurisdictions across 10 models, including those from ⁠Meta Platforms, Google ‌and China’s DeepSeek.