Beijing is using artificial intelligence (AI) to supercharge surveillance, seeking to gather enough information from different sources to be able to preempt dissent before it occurs, according to a report released on Nov. 3 by the House Select Committee on China.
According to the report, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is trying to create “a comprehensive system of pre-emptive repression.”
Moreover, the CCP is selling these surveillance tools to over 80 nations, giving them tools to track their citizens’ whereabouts and online activity, the report states, warning that the CCP is the leading exporter of surveillance tools, with Chinese companies such as Huawei and ZTE often marketing them as being for public security….