Expert warns of risks in China exchange programs

By Chen Yu-fu and Fion Khan / Staff reporter, with staff writer Add TT as Preferred Source A human rights advocate recently said that a Taiwan youth camp in China could use artificial intelligence (AI) deepfakes to coerce participants into becoming collaborators in China’s “united front” tactics.China is hosting summer camps for young Taiwanese, featuring low-cost food, hotel accommodation and transportation, sources said.The “Chinese culture study camp,” which is to be held early this month, is offering an eight-day, seven-night trip to Chengdu, Dujiangyan, Meishan and Yibin in Sichuan Province for Taiwanese university students, they said. An image released by the Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) warns that Beijing’s cultural visits and educational exchange programs targeting Taiwanese yout