DeepSeekR1, the LLM that everyone seems to be talking about has a similar flaw especially when asked any prickly questions about China, Mao, Xi Jinping or his resemblance to Winnie the Pooh.

For many Chinese, the Winnie the Pooh character is a playful taunt of President Xi Jinping. Chinese censors in the past briefly banned social media searches for the bear in mainland China.