(Taipei Comprehensive News) In order to reduce the influence of science and technology software in mainland China, such as Tiktok's influence on Taiwan's culture and politics, and finding a foothold in the artificial intelligence ecosystem, Taiwan is increasing investment in building its own traditional Chinese language model.

According to Bloomberg, the Taiwan government had a budget of NT $ 17.4 billion (S $ 746 million) by 2026 to develop artificial intelligence professional knowledge and development related tools.Taiwan also invested approximately $ 7.4 million (TAIDE) in traditional Chinese language model "Trustworth AI Dialogue Engine (TAIDE).

TAIDE developers said that they hope it can provide a tool for Taiwan's government departments, enterprises, banks, hospitals and other institutions that are not affected by mainland China.It was launched in April for partners to test.

Bloomberg reports that the "Wen Xin Yin" developed by Baidu's Baidu has a political tendency. For example, when answering who won the Taiwan election, although it can give the correct answer "Lai Qingde", it will then add: Regardless of whetherThe basic fact is that there is only one China.

Li Yujie, the CEO of the China Institute of Zitong Safety Specialty Center, who is responsible for implementing the TAIDE plan, told Bloomberg that Taiwan needs a large language model that is consistent with its values.He said that a large model not only embeds the knowledge system of a place, but also includes values ​​such as freedom, democracy and human rights.

The popularity of social software such as

Tiktok has exacerbated Taiwan's concerns about influence .Li Zhongxian, an expert in Taiwan, and Professor Chengda, called on the government to set up relevant departments as soon as possible to "prevent Tiktok from washing young people into China."The Taiwan Network Information Center reported in August last year that more than 20 % of people over the age of 18 and over 18 years of 22 counties and cities in Taiwan will use TIKTOK.