iFLYTEK controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
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2023
Politically sensitive generative-AI output
Reports that iFLYTEK AI devices generated criticism of Mao Zedong triggered public backlash and were followed by a reported decline in the company's share price.
2021
Privacy compliance notice
China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology issued a notice involving iFLYTEK and privacy-related rectification requirements.
2020
MIT collaboration terminated
MIT ended its planned collaboration with iFLYTEK amid concerns about alleged human-rights abuses involving Xinjiang.
2019
United States sanctions
The United States restricted iFLYTEK in October 2019, alleging that the company's technology was connected to mass surveillance and human-rights abuses in Xinjiang.
2017
Voice-surveillance and human-rights allegations
Human Rights Watch reported that Chinese authorities had collected voice samples for systems capable of identifying people by voice and raised concerns about the use of iFLYTEK technology in surveillance.