Published: 12:00am, 4 Feb, 2019 Updated: 5:18am, 5 Feb, 2019
China's AI-based anti-corruption system, Zero Trust, has already helped catch 8,731 bureaucrats engaging in corruption. Zero Trust accesses more than 150 protected databases to assess the work and personal lives of millions of government workers in 30 counties and cities, meaning it can help detect suspicious property transfers, land acquisitions and infrastructure building. But some authorities, including the governments in Huaihua city, Mayang county and Li county in Hunan, have already decommissioned the system due to not feeling "quite comfortable", according to a researcher involved in the programme.