OnePlus Removes AI Writing Feature After Reports of China-Focused Censorship

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OnePlus Removes AI Writing Feature After Reports of China-Focused Censorship
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OnePlus has disabled one of its most popular AI features to address a “technical issue” following allegations of censorship within the tool.

AI Writer within the Notes app allows you to call on OnePlus AI to help you generate or edit text on select gadgets. Some users have reported being unable to generate content around topics often censored within the brand’s home market of China.

Multiple reports on Reddit, X, and the OnePlus forum show examples of people trying to generate content referring to the Dalai Lama and Taiwan before being given an answer of “try entering something else.” Some reports indicate that the text begins to generate, but then quickly disappears, displaying an error message instead.

Other users also found the same would happen when asking the AI to generate content about the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh. All of these topics are often censored for users of tech products in China, and it appears that those rules have been applied to the global version of OnePlus AI.

In a Dec. 6 post on its community forum, OnePlus said it conducted an internal investigation and decided to temporarily remove AI Writer as a way to fix “technical inconsistencies.” It was still offline as of Monday morning, Android Authority reports.

A representative for OnePlus’ software team said, “As the issue requires more time to address, we’re temporarily disabling the AI Writer in Notes to ensure a consistent user experience while we refine the underlying technical issue. OnePlus remains committed to delivering Community-first technology, and any unexpected behaviour is unintentional.”

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OnePlus didn’t share whether a specific AI model may be causing the issues, and there’s no word on a specific timeline for when AI Writer will be reintroduced to phones and tablets.

When China-based DeepSeek debuted earlier this year, users encountered similar censorship when searching for information on Taiwan, the Uyghurs, and other controversial topics. In our review a few months later, we also found “obvious censorship” on DeepSeek.

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