Summary:
The launch of Chinese AI application DeepSeek in the U.S. has raised national security concerns among officials, lawmakers, and cybersecurity experts. The app quickly became the most downloaded on Apple’s store, disrupting Wall Street and causing a record 17% drop in Nvidia’s stock. The White House announced an investigation into the potential risks, with some lawmakers calling for stricter export controls to prevent China from leveraging U.S. technology.
Beyond economic impact, experts warn DeepSeek may pose significant data security risks, as Chinese law allows government access to company-held data. Unlike TikTok, which stores U.S. data on Oracle servers, DeepSeek operates directly from China, collecting personal user information. The app also exhibits censorship, blocking content on politically sensitive topics like Tiananmen Square. Some analysts argue that, as an open-source model, DeepSeek may not be as concerning as TikTok, but critics worry its widespread adoption could advance China’s influence through curated information control.
This is just so fun to watch.
America: “Executive order now! No US person is allowed to help the Chinese develop these technologies! We will imprison you traitor!”
China: “OK. We’ll just develop it ourselves.” DeepSeek enters the chat
America: “Fuck! National security emergency!”
NOOOOOOOOO
MYY YACHT MONEYYYYYYYY
US needs to be a lot more transparent about all these concerns. It’s starting to feel like shouting wolf.
You did something cheaper quicker and it’s more efficient it must be bad the US
Just like EV’s and battery technology. Up to 40% tarrif on some brands.
They are cheaper with more range. The range is literally only achievable through better technology and hardware.
Or using slave labour so if the US is smart it should use prisoners to build cheap EVs.
It’s true that working conditions is not the same at all in China, which also makes this possible.
Put the technology is still better, even if they acquired it cheaper than possible in the US.
If it’s open source and can be hosted locally, I don’t think there are issues with national security in this case.
There is money to be lost though. Always follow the money.
Like TikTok. The national security threat is actually just fear of profit loss.
it’s not fully open source. it comes with binary blobs you can’t build from source.
What do these blobs contain?
Does the version run locally also censors output?
it’s the so called weights. the learned data after training.
they didn’t provide neither training data, nor lists of sources, so nobody can recreate it, but them.
OpenAI and nividia owners in shambles haha
Oh no! Anyway….
It’s open source. Trying to block it is futile now lmao
“No! Ban GitHub! It hosts the code of our adversaries! And while we’re at it, ban the internet!” —Plutocrats, probably.
National security, anti-terrorism, protecting children.
The trifecta of reasons given for abolishing freedoms
And the first two reasons are not even legitimate in theory. Nationalism is a plague destroying the planet. “Terrorism” is a fake word reserved for enemies of the state.
Are we really doing this again?
as Chinese law allows government access to company-held data.
… Kind of exactly like how US law allows government access to company-held data?
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With a warrant. Main difference is the Chinese govt has no such roadblocks.
Most corporations will hand over the data without question whenever the government asks without a warrant.
Snowden is in exile because he proved that this is not the case. My understanding is they are not supposed to do that with domestic, but data don’t care about that and agencies spying on citizens knew that, and snatched it all up once they left us soils, up in the air, bounced overseas, all justification to spy without a warrant. Nothing has changed
Oh please. Warrants are rubber stamped, it’s as simple as clicking a button. And do you really think entities like the NSA bother with formalities like warrants?
Id rather have at least something to throw into the gears of the system than nothing at all.
You are very naive
This is a decent read concerning the effectiveness of the systems designed to prevent abuse.
TLDR they do nada re abuse
Good. Perhaps while all the idiots are busy devising a “plan” to address this, those evil brain leave everyone else alone.
The veil… it has been lifted.
When you’re living in the imperial core violently genociding the planet to make a quick buck, of course everything is a security concern and opportunity for the MIC to profit.
It’s better than our usa tech, sir!
Quick, mark it as a security threat!
As we just lost any sort of moral high ground, ok. 2 years ago maybe I’d be worried. 9 years ago I’d definitely have been worried. Today, the enemy of my enemy is my ally.
Hahahahahahahaha, manufactured consent in full throttle here. Hahahahahaha
*plays the world’s smallest violin
Us Corpo got daddy Sam to come protect them from the bad chinaman
Pathetic… Sam altman defrauded microshit, they deserve each other
