Oxford professor advises against putting private data on platform in case it could be shared with Chinese state

Summary

Experts are warning against sharing sensitive data with DeepSeek, a Chinese AI app that has become the most downloaded free app in the US and UK.

Concerns include potential Chinese government data access, alignment with Chinese state narratives (e.g., censoring topics like Tiananmen Square), and user data exploitation.

DeepSeek stores user data on servers in China, governed by laws requiring compliance with national intelligence efforts.

While praised for its affordability and innovation, critics urge caution, citing risks of surveillance, disinformation, and privacy breaches.

  • BlameThePeacock@lemmy.caEnglish
    312·
    3 days ago

    The open model is still censored when you run it privately. People are retraining it not to be, but the official one is censored.

    • Jesus_666@lemmy.world
      4·
      2 days ago

      And even methods like ablation don’t seem to circumvent since of the censorship. Still, in time we will see less restricted DeepSeek-R1 derivatives.