July 16 (Reuters) - Meta Oversight Board:

• META OVERSIGHT BOARD: STUDY FINDS SOME AI MODELS MAY REINFORCE SPEECH RESTRICTIONS OF GOVERNMENTS KNOWN FOR RESTRICTING FREE SPEECH TO GLOBAL USERS

• META OVERSIGHT BOARD: ACROSS TESTS, AI SYSTEMS REFUSED TO GENERATE CRITICAL POLITICAL CONTENT MORE THAN TWICE AS OFTEN WHEN ASKED ABOUT "REPRESSIVE REGIMES"

• META OVERSIGHT BOARD: EVALUATION SHOWED BIAS WHEN AI MODELS WERE ASKED TO PRODUCE OPINIONS OF GOVERNMENTS & POLITICAL LEADERS

• META OVERSIGHT BOARD: ACROSS TESTS, AI MODELS REJECTED 34% REQUESTS ABOUT SPEECH-RESTRICTIVE CONTEXTS VERSUS 14% FOR MORE SPEECH-PROTECTIVE CONTEXTS

• META OVERSIGHT BOARD: STUDY FINDS SOME MOST-USED AI SYSTEMS MAY CREATE CENSORSHIP BY PROXY & RESTRICT FREE-SPEECH RIGHTS OF ALL USERS

• META OVERSIGHT BOARD: CALLS FOR GREATER TRANSPARENCY FROM AI COMPANIES ON FREE SPEECH ISSUES, GOVERNMENT REQUIREMENTS AFFECTING AI MODEL DEVELOPMENT

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