I believe this is possible but unlikely. I don't think a Chinese company trying to break down the US's stronghold in this field would do this short term. I think it is in their best interest to be cheaper, better, easier, and more trust worthy until competition looks silly.
replyIt's like suggesting BYD has a high likelihood of making their cars into weapons or something. It's not in the company or their countries interest to do that.
Sure it could happen but I bet it would only happen in a targeted way. Why risk all credibility right now and engage in cyber warfare?
Need the "why not both?" meme here.
replyBYD and Tesla have the same ability to brick their cars anywhere. It's less a "weapon" and more a way to cripple a subset of people overnight if they so choose. A general major downside of "connected" products.
Okay what gain does China or BYD or similarly, Tesla and the US get by crippling their customers products? It doesn't make sense except at the point of a ww3 scenario where China is an adversary. I don't follow the news too closely, but I see no inklings of that at least.
replyYeah, it would specifically be in instances where global conflict is afoot. Aka what people are thinking about when they think about national security risks.
replyor more obvious like TikTok.
replyMeaning Tiktok in the us is complete garbage for kids, almost like a virus. Whereas in China it's more educational.
But propaganda or non ethical marketing - why not? (That is bias toward pointing to certain provider(s)).
replyWould be interesting to hook up a much simpler LLM as fact checker to see when errors are introduced.
replyIf I had to place a hidden target it'd probably be around RNGs or publicly exposed services..