The rise of DeepSeek, a Chinese generative AI app that surpassed ChatGPT in downloads, has alarmed national security experts due to potential data sharing with the Chinese government. Government agencies like NASA and the U.S. Navy have banned its use, citing vulnerabilities and privacy risks. Experts warn that DeepSeek could allow China to harvest vast amounts of personal and sensitive data, posing a significant threat to American cybersecurity and national security.
Chinese generative AI DeepSeek surpassed OpenAI's ChatGPT as the No. 1 downloaded free app last week, alarming national security experts given Chinese government requirements for domestic firms to share data with the PRC.
The amount of data and information that bad actors in China could harvest from DeepSeek is 20 times worse than what could be collected from a Google search, says Dewardric McNeal, managing director and senior policy analyst at risk management firm Longview Global, which advises companies on China strategy."It is a rich trove of intelligence," said McNeal, who has studied the details of Chinese government data sharing requirements for domestic firms.
"The world won't end tomorrow because I logged into DeepSeek," McNeal said, but he added that does not mean there isn't considerable risk involved. The AI's open-source approach, for one, could give China access to US-based supply chains at an industry level, allowing them to learn what companies are doing and better compete against them."National security professionals are thinking about it in those terms," McNeal said.
But the threat that Pearl said most keeps him up at night is related to cybersecurity and the potential for a mass malware injection."It is hard to emphasize all the different potential ways in which it could be used. And, in theory, it could be done in a single update to the app," he said.
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