USA’s Venezuela takeover comes with bonus exposure to Chinese AI surveillance tech

ASPI warned that Venezuela plans to deploy Chinese AI systems to strengthen state surveillance. iFlytek, banned in the US since 2019, is involved in the agreement. ASPI urged US Secretary of State Marco Rubio to dismantle the surveillance system.

• Venezuela would be first country outside China with LLM surveillance systems
• iFlytek, under US sanctions since 2019, is involved in the agreement
• Venezuela’s surveillance was built on Chinese tech 10 years ago
• ASPI urged Rubio to dismantle the surveillance apparatus