Chinese Robots Cause Alarm in US, Raise Concerns of Attacks by ‘Stealth Army’

welcome to Crossroads the Chinese Communist party is rolling out the production of robots now these are designed for a pretty broad array of uses from working in warehouses to carrying out basic household roles but there are now concerns being raised that the CCP could potentially weaponize these robots as a kind of stealth Army within the United States now similar concerns of being raised on chinese-made vehicles notably not just using artificial intelligence just for automated driving but also even with the software inside the vehicles now let's start with the concerns around Chinese robots these robots are reportedly ready to enter the global market and they're said to have yearly lifelike capabilities even the ability to carry boxes and replicate human facial expressions and some us lawmakers and experts are now demanding that these robots be banned in the United States this is according to New York Post they say Jacob hellberg a member of the influential us China Economic Security review commission who has played a role in convincing Congress to pass a law this spring to force a sale or ban of Tik Tock is one of the loudest voices warning Congress that it risks disaster if it allows the sale of robots made by firms beholden to Beijing notice that halberg said advancements in humanoid technology have occurred mind-bogglingly fast he said quote I think we're 12 months away from a chat GPT moment where the world goes from being asleep to awake on this issue and notes that as they become more advanced the Chinese Communist party or state sponsored Bad actors could use the robots currently marketed as harmless home assistants and super efficient assembly line workers to wreak havoc by spying sabotaging critical infrastructure or in the most nightmarish scenarios even physically harming Americans now halberg told this to the post he says quote they can strangle someone in their sleep they can punch a Data Center and inflict physical harm and destruction of property and he added the quote ultimately if Tik Tock was a Chinese spy balloon in your pocket Chinese drones on us soil are poised to be a Chinese pla people's Liberation Army stealth Army on our land and he added we can't allow that to happen now the Chinese Communist Party itself they're actually trying to roll out a massive line of these humanoid robots and you might have seen some of them they include you know companion robots they include Maids working in your home they include things for businesses maybe they automate certain procedures with factories or things along those lines now for a while we've had some of these maybe you have a Roomba or you have little items that you know walk go around your house and do basic tasks like that the next stage of them though are humanoid robots robots with appendages robots that can walk around or physically do things robots that have arms and hands and you know artificial intelligence running the machine the concern though is what is behind that what is the software updates and could they be activated to do something you didn't buy them to be doing like for example carrying out other operations and also what are the sensors what kind of data do they collect what are they watching where are they sending that data all of these are becoming real concerns now in terms of these robots they're rolling out South China Morning Post said this they said the future of Chinese industry May rest on the shoulders of humanoid robots if the country can meet official new goals pushing mass production by 2025 one year away folks and attaining World Advanced levels in the technology by 2027 pretty short-term goal in other words they know the Ministry of industry and information technology beijing's Ministry overseeing the country's industrial sector published a nine-page guideline on its website saying that China's humanoid robots should quote realize mass production by 2025 they note as well that by 2027 humanoid robots should quote become an important new engine of economic growth in China the ministry urged and for the CCP this is important because they're facing you know dwindling population numbers they're facing facing an aging Workforce and they don't have the people to fill a lot of these roles anymore now it notes the document required that by the time coming out very soon the technological innovation of humanoid robots will be significantly improved a safe and reliable industry supply chain system will be formed an industrial ecology with International competitiveness will be constructed and our comprehensive strength the Chinese Communist party will reach the world's advanced level now the threat of weaponized robots it's sounds like it's sci-fi but it's actually not that far off I mean look at the war in Ukraine we're already seeing this with uavs you know unmanned aerial Vehicles even with the United States and the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq drones were some of the most you know effective weapons we had the use of unmanned aerial Vehicles combined now with artificial intelligence or even partially run by them is the way that new battlefields are shaping now the same ones being sold in stores as toys the ones your kids can buy to play with we see some of those same ones being used in Ukraine right now to drop bombs on enemy soldiers we see right now that the household Electronics in other words that you can buy and play with are also weapons of war and the United States and the Chinese Communist Party notably on that they're even starting up a trade War right now over uavs now look on the US side bipartisan legislation has already been introduced on this issue Senator Rick Scott a republican of Florida and Senator Mark Warner a Democrat of Virginia they have introduced the countering CCP drones and supporting drones for Law Enforcement Act this legislation seeks to quote Blacklist dangerous Chinese drone companies dodgey Innovations DJI Technologies autel Robotics and other CCP link drone industry participants and cut them off from us telecommunications infrastructure the lawmakers note that these Chinese drones P pose a huge risk to us infrastructure because of how much influence the CCP wields over these companies because of the Chinese Communist party's data laws notably any data collected by any private company needs to be viewable and controllable by the Chinese Communist Party even if the companies themselves are not engaging you know willingly in the act spying or whatever else the CCP can access data they collect and use it for that purpose and the other concern of course is that maybe drones using emitted Technologies can be activated or have even software updates to manipulate that type of technology for other uses the CCP might try to you know want them for now DJI and autel they control right now about 90% of the global drone Market just is emphasizing how big these are now Senator Rick Scott said in a statement about the proposed legislation quote drones made in communist China pose a significant threat to our freedoms and security and cannot be allowed to continue operating in American Skies he said the companies based in communist China are at the will of XI Jing Ping's evil regime meaning one of the United States's greatest adversaries has Total Access to every bit of data collected by devices he said as well quote it should terrify every single American at the Chinese Communist Party known for spying stealing and Espionage could have access to footage of Americans their land their businesses and their families without their knowledge now on this though the legislation would also set up a short-term grant program under the Department of Transportation to allow First Responders to replace existing drones and purchase us- made alternatives because already US law enforcement even military and other areas they use these already these Chinese drones are being implemented within you know government purchases and so on and the concern is of course that even aside from the stuff you and I can buy in the market the stuff being used for police or government or other purposes if the Chinese Communist Party controls 90% of the market it means that we have to go to them for a core technology used as it of course increasingly becomes common used within our country now interestingly as well the Chinese Communist party on its side is also accelerating this ban although it doesn't seem to be targeted specifically at the UAV Market instead what they're doing they're going after Parts allegedly used in military drones they're going after some of the core Technologies South China Morning Post said this China on Wednesday just recently expanded export restrictions on a range of drones and drone Parts with potential military applications further tightening last year's controls on unmanned aerial Vehicles UAV sales now the list was rolled out it says by a range of agencies including the ministry of Commerce China's customs and people's Liberation Army equipment Department it says the measures will take effect from September 1st Now notes the controlled Parts include High Precision inertial measuring units since sythetic aperture radar and engines with an output above 16 KW as well as Wireless communication with a range Beyond 50 km or about 31 miles the Chinese Communist party in other words they're doing this as a kind of tit fortat move against us sanctions right the Chinese Communist Party ironically they're accelerating the US move to break away from these industries that's already taking place now for the CCP side side they're doing it with the reason right they're doing it because they're angry the United States is you know playing the opposite side of a lot of Wars whether it be for example supporting Ukraine while the CCP supports Russia the Russia Ukraine war that the United States is supporting Israel while the CCP is backing you know Hamas and the Palestinian Authority and other groups like that the Chinese Communist party also has Ambitions to overtake Taiwan to seize it by force and the United States is creating a kind of defensive partnership around that region to prevent the Hostile takeover of Taiwan and so for the CCP they view the United States as kind of the system blocking it from achieving its Global goals right its process really of trying to create this whole Eurasian Empire of conquering other countries by force forcing them to come to the negotiating table and agreeing to its terms to alter the world map the CCB is angry about this and as the United States sanctions the Chinese Communist Party put Terri on Chinese parts and talks about breaking away from the ccb's monopolies on core Technologies the Chinese Communist Party saying oh well you want to make it so we can't sell this in America we're going to restrict the parts that you need to build them yourself but ironically what this is doing is it's actually accelerating the push that's already starting by doing this the Chinese Communist party is accelerating the US break from a reliance on the Chinese Communist Party within its supply chain ironically this is forcing the United States to do what they've been wanting to do and talking about doing for close to a decade now because remember during the Obama Administration they were talking about supply chain threats to our military the need for us to break away from Reliance on Chinese Rare Earth minerals Chinese parts used in military applications and things of that sort by just outright Banning it and making it so we can't buy these things or the very least suggesting that they could put bans on things that we depend on the Chinese Communist party is forcing the United States to either replace things they can no longer buy or is a type of security to make sure that we can have it in the future to make sure that they don't ban something we absolutely need and it is by doing that forcing the United States to begin either looking to domestic production or creating alternative Supply chains elsewhere the CCP is is accelerating its downfall in other words it's accelerating the decoupling taking place it's speeding up the process forcing other countries to no longer depend on China for core components or materials or anything of that sort the concerns over the ccp's connections to Ai and uavs and such it's also now being raised over Chinese vehicles not just the autonomous ones but also the ones just connected to the internet I'll be talking more about this after you come back from a quick break experts agree one of the best ways to protect against Financial uncertainty is to diversify your portfolio learn how physical gold and silver can secure your retirement funds from today's economic challenges with a gold Ira from American Harford gold you can Safeguard your wealth with no penalties or taxes when you transfer your current qualifying retirement accounts call now and our precious metals Specialists will send you a free 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are being raised around chinese-made Vehicles not even just ones using artificial intelligence for automated driving but also just the ones using Chinese software Reuters said this they said the US Commerce department is expected to propose barring Chinese software in autonomous and connected vehicles in the coming weeks according to sources has briefed on the matter the Biden Administration plans to issue a proposed rule that would bar Chinese software in vehicles in the United States with level three Automation and above which would have the effect of also Banning testing on us roads of autonomous vehicles produced by Chinese companies it says the administration in a previously unreported decision also plans to propose borring vehicles of Chinese developed Advanced wireless communication ability modules from us roads the source is added it says under the proposal automakers and suppliers would need to verify that none of their connected vehicles or Advanced autonomous vehicle software even the systems within it was developed in a foreign entity of concern like China the sources said it says the Commerce Department said last month it planned to issue proposed rules on connected vehicles in August and expected to impose limits on some softare made in China and other countries deemed adversaries asked for comment a Commerce Department spokesperson said recently that the department is concerned about the National Security risks associated with connected Technologies in Connected Vehicles now this may sound kind of far-fetched but there are actually already very valid concerns with this in fact it's already been demonstrated by hacker groups including at you know Defcon conferences where hackers demonstrate the ability to breach different systems they've already shown that even with cars not autonomous cars even just modern cars where you can for example control acceleration or steering or other things using automated systems within it that already hackers can seize control over Vehicles speed them up slow them down and make it so that basically you can't get out of your vehicle a concern has already been raised among some of these cyber security groups that they have demonstrated capabilities to assassinate people if they want by breaching their cars and seizing control over the cars using cyber breaches now aside from that also when it comes to the Chinese Communist parties autonomous driving Vehicles there are other things with that because for a car to just drive right to use automated systems for this it's not like they just drive it's also the systems connected with it it means they have to have GPS data they need to have sensors they need to collect data around them they need to know about the roads they need to know where the turns are and part of that would be the cars essentially work as data Gathering entities the cars would be able to basically assess everything around them and while you might think well who cares if they know we're to turn on X Road or who cares if they know where the stoplights are the problem is it's not just limited to that if you have technologies that are made to collect data from the surrounding environment they can collect a whole lot more than just assessments on roads or Vehicles they can gather up data all around them and of course one of the concerns with that is also they could breach systems they could use them for surveillance they could compromise networks they could do a lot of things that at least on the service level you might not think they're programmed to do and then on the other side if you have an individual who becomes a target of the Chinese Communist party they are known to own the vehicle they've entered their personal data within the within the car uh in order to access certain apps or whatever and because of that on record on you know of course Big Data analysis where they have ai scan these things the CCP may know that X person who they're targeting owns X vehicle registered within the databases and they can then Target that specific vehicle to maybe uh orchestrate a car accident or something along those lines this may sound like sci-fi but the technology ology and capabilities to do this are already in place and have already been demonstrated now on this as well there's also valid concerns at the data level you know around Chinese Communist Party Espionage maybe you have a high level executive and they they're in a Chinese vehicle and they're in a conference call doing their call while the while the car drives itself maybe they're accessing or doing work on the car's Network because it's able to access the internet maybe they have apps installed within the car or even on their device that connects with it that they've then given access to these networks and then anything they do is essentially compromised by extension of this now also on another issue major Chinese businesses they're already getting behind this there are major Chinese companies that are not technically involved in the military level but they're getting involved in the Chinese Communist party's AI push and in terms of AI and China A lot of these things are what you call dual use yes they might be private businesses they might have for-profit entities but the technology is dual use meaning it's both business oriented and Military oriented the Chinese Communist party and its military can use it just the same forb said this they said China has filed five times more gen patents than the United States in the last decade that is more than 30 8,000 patent applications in geni according to the world intellectual property organization it says that China excels in finding applications for new technologies and this is also the case in gen AI applications range from autonomous driving fueled by Electric Vehicle booms led by the Chinese car makers byd nio xang and others to AI chatbots in e-commerce by companies such as Alibaba and bite dance the company notably behind Tik Tock but perhaps it says it is the hidden Champion such as net ease one of the big video game makers in China that also works in other types of electronics that we should look out for it says gen AI is in China is transforming retailers in consumer Journeys across sectors the global executives are competing in the dark alibaba's experience is telling and paves the way for Gen aai transformation now it's important to note you know not only is it an issue that major Chinese comp companies Alibaba and netes and companies normally not just solely devoted to AI are getting involved in technologies that could be regarded as dual use the other side of it is the mass registration of patents because this ties into something else the Chinese Communist Party does it's called patent Wars they use patents to prevent developments in other countries for example if they come up with vague Concepts they don't even need to to technically lay out how it works they just need to maybe even use AI to generate them right they can even generate Concepts using AI imagine every single way that AI could possibly be used right that's all you have to do imagine any possible application for AI then you take that concept register a patent for it and then once you own the patent you can prevent other companies or other countries from developing it and if they do develop it you can sue them the CCP actually does this already and even though within its own country ITS Technologies are actually pretty far behind ours in fact they were even using open Ai and you know Open Access systems to develop a lot of their stuff their AI is behind ours but they can use these patents right on AI to prevent the United States from exceeding it in development they can prevent us from accelerating it they can prevent us from innovating it and the CCP already does this where they will sue companies if they develop something that they've already registered a patent for also the involvement of netes and bite dance these are interesting as well bite dance of course being the company behind Tik Tok net EAS being a major video game company that does other things as well this raises questions on whether Chinese data collection on you know Chinese social media like Tik Tok or even on video video games even you know nety own some major ones whether data they collect on individuals is being used to feed the ccp's AI development now 10cent is also important here 10cent they're of course one of the biggest technology companies they own many of the video games the most popular ones in the United States and elsewhere they're a major Chinese tech company and also now getting involved in what could be kind of dual use Technologies around AI now blomberg notes as well that tensent has joined a financing round around 300 plus million for a Chinese generative AI startup called moonshot now they note this quote founded in March of 2023 in Shanghai moonshot is one of the six fastest growing Chinese AI startups that are competing to eventually become the equivalent to open AI in the world's second largest economy they not that both Alibaba and tensent have invested in the majority of the group the six Little Dragons which include baan and Minx now and this is important too because this means that some of the biggest Chinese tech companies involved in technologies that are pretty popular in the United States are also using some of the money from their profits to advance the ccp's own agendas Within These different areas and the other concerning thing with of course Chinese AI is that they're also basing a lot of their AI systems on XI jingping thought they progam pramming their AI to basically think like XI jingping the leader of the Chinese Communist Party using notably his books and other things to program and teach the AI meanwhile the United States has been placing bans on some of the key chips the Chinese Communist Party would need to advance its AI systems and the Chinese 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