Think tank points out that companies banned by Washington will help run the government that Uncle Sam now controls.
ASPI outlined the Venezuelan situation in a recent report, titled Warning signals: Venezuela and the risk of Chinese AI-enabled digital authoritarianism.
In 2025, according to the report claims, then Venezuelan vice-president Delcy Rodríguez led an effort that culminated in “an agreement to adopt Chinese-built AI systems … to use Chinese AI to enhance existing state-sponsored surveillance.”
The USA effectively took over Venezuela in January 2026 and installed Rodríguez as the nation’s leader.
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Think tank the Australian Strategic Policy Institute has said that Venezuela is poised to adopt Chinese AI systems to enhance surveillance systems that already rely on Middle Kingdom tech.
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Think tank points out that companies banned by Washington will help run the government that Uncle Sam now controls.
Think tank the Australian Strategic Policy Institute has said that Venezuela is poised to adopt Chinese AI systems to enhance surveillance systems that already rely on Middle Kingdom tech, and called for US Secretary of State Marco Rubio to do something about it.
ASPI outlined the Venezuelan situation in a recent report, titled Warning signals: Venezuela and the risk of Chinese AI-enabled digital authoritarianism.
The document explains that Venezuela’s government built a surveillance state a decade ago, using technology from Chinese companies. In 2025, according to the report claims, then Venezuelan vice-president Delcy Rodríguez led an effort that culminated in “an agreement to adopt Chinese-built AI systems … to use Chinese AI to enhance existing state-sponsored surveillance.”
One of the companies involved in that agreement is iFlytek, which the US banned in 2019 for its role in helping Beijing to repress the Uyghur Muslim population of China’s Xinjiang region.
The USA effectively took over Venezuela in January 2026 and installed Rodríguez as the nation’s leader. ASPI can find no signs she’s changed course on her plan to adopt more Chinese surveillance tech.
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