Does China’s DeepSeek AI, which became an overnight experience, face the same kind of protection investigation as TikTok?
The business, owned by the hedge fund High-Flyer and headquartered in Hangzhou, China, is now drawing condemnation for concerns about transparency and potential impact by the People’s Republic of China. DeepSeek’s AI concept has been criticized by social media users for declining to respond to social inquiries about President Xi Jinping and the Chinese government.
The robot connected to the open design, as well as the application, responds:” Xi resembles Winnie the Pooh, or what prominent photo shows a man standing in front of tanks in Tiananmen Square.
” Sorry, that’s beyond my current context. This talk about something else”.
Liang Wenfeng, a researcher who had first used the emerging technology to analyze the equities markets, founded High-Flyer in 2019.
Ironically, his master’s research focused on using AI to enhance film security. The paper” Research on Target Tracking Algorithm Based on Low-Cost PTZ Camera” noted techniques developed for tracking moving target using pan-tilt-zoom devices, which allow them to accurately monitor powerful images while adjusting their field of view through mechanical actions.
In knowledgeable video tracking, automatic target tracking algorithms based on PTZ systems are essential. By enabling the automatic identification and ongoing monitoring of moving objects in a field, these algorithms improve conventional surveillance techniques. Users of social media expressed concern about potential hazards.
It’s unfamiliar whether DeepSeek is monitoring its customers in any way or form. When questioned about whether user data and queries are kept secret, the model responds that the business “is committed to protecting consumer data security and privacy.” We do not participate in any unauthorized kind of security”.
However, security experts told that the judge is still out on that topic.
” DeepSeek’s protection plan is questionable, and the settings in its web app aren’t properly known”, J. Stephen Kowski, Field CTO at security firm SlashNext Email Security+, told ” What do they do with the data, how is it handled, where does it go, and how much is it kept? These are important issues that need to be addressed.
However, Kowski attributed some of DeepSeek’s quick rise to a lack of the extreme investigation faced by American companies like OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Google Gemini, and Anthropic’s Claude AI.
DeepSeek’s security problems have grown even more pressing. Kowski highlighted possible shortcomings in the product’s script.
” Validated vulnerabilities already exist, such as cross-site scripting ( XSS) and prompt injection attacks that can hijack user sessions during web sessions”, he said. Their code may be manipulated to carry out illicit orders, according to what I’ve read.
It should be noted, however, that people are able to save a type of DeepSeek to their computer and manage it directly, without connecting to the internet. No studies have been made suggesting that the password contains any harmful script.
However, on Monday, DeepSeek acknowledged its own security concern: It was hit with a large attack that locked new customers out of the program.
” Due to large-scale malicious attacks on DeepSeek’s services, we are temporarily limiting registrations to ensure continued service”, the DeepSeek status page said. Existing users can log in as usual. Thanks for your understanding and support”.
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