China Claimed a Tibetan AI First. Exiled Tibetans Say: Not First, Not Free, Not Tibetan

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By Tenzin Chokyi

DHARAMSALA, 20 March: China’s unveiling of its Tibetan large language model, DeepZang, in Lhasa earlier this week has drawn pushback from the Tibetan exile community, which disputes Beijing’s claim that the system is the “world’s first” of its kind.

Promoted in Chinese state media as the “world’s first Tibetan large language model,” DeepZang has been presented as a major step in advancing artificial intelligence for “minority languages” in China. The designation was also endorsed by the World Record Certification Agency (WRCA), a London-based private body that verifies record claims under its...

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