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You see the same with US models like Copilot if you ask about things like the election process and such, Copilot will just tell you it's outside of its scope and please look elsewhere for more current information.

Me: How does voting in the USA work?

Copilot: I know elections are important to talk about, and I wish we could, but there's a lot of nuanced information that I'm not equipped to handle right now. It's best that I step aside on this one and suggest that you visit a trusted source. How about another topic instead?

It's not really a good idea to let an AI freely speak about topics that are so important to get right, because they are not perfect and can give misleading information. Although, DeepSeek is open source, so there is nothing stopping you from downloading it to your PC and running it there. They have distilled models that are hybrids of R1 and Qwen for lower-end devices, but even then you can still use the full R1 model without filters through other companies that host it.