The Vergecast · Thursday, July 30, 2026
Meta's Oversight Board has released a report indicating that AI systems, including those from OpenAI and Anthropic, show a tendency to refuse criticism of authoritarian leaders. This behavior was observed even when prompts originated from countries with strong free expression rights.
“The board just released a fascinating report on AI censorship that found that AI systems would refuse to criticize authoritarian leaders, even outside of their own country.”
“And this was true not just of Meta's own AI, but of AI systems from other companies, like OpenAI and Anthropic.”
“And what we found, lo and behold, is that they are.”