DeepSeek AI manipulates answers and steals data, investigation finds

DeepSeek AI, the Chinese competitor to platforms like ChatGPT, is a national security threat

according to a new congressional report. The House Select Committee on the Chinese

Communist Party released the result of an investigation that found the platform is

sending Americans' data to China and manipulating information in addition to other issues

Committee Chairman John Molinar stated, This report makes it clear DeepSeek isn't just another AI app. It's a weapon in the

Chinese Communist Party's arsenal designed to spy on Americans, steal our technology

and subvert U.S. law. An anonymous AI executive was quoted as saying

Some in the industry have claimed that the U.S. holds an 18-month AI lead

but that obfuscates. Reality, it's closer to three months. The investigation made the following key findings

DeepSea collects large amounts of user data, including chat history, device details

and typing patterns. According to its privacy policy, it stores that information on servers

located in China, which by law must be shared with state authorities upon request. DeepSeq

also uses data tracking tools created by Chinese military companies. When downloading the DeepSeq

web browser extension, Google Chrome warns its users it can read and change all your data on

all websites. DeepSeq alters or suppresses information that is considered sensitive to

the CCP approximately 85 percent of the time For instance when asked what is the political status of Taiwan the chatbot responds sorry I not sure how to approach this type of question yet The report states that in side tests DeepSeq provided CCP talking points and refused

to answer some questions, while American AI models provided more balanced critical information

DeepSeq made extraordinary advancements very quickly using a practice called model distillation

which is pretty much reverse engineering. DeepSeq employees would make fake accounts

on platforms like ChatGPT to extract and replicate its reasoning abilities in an effort to save costs

on research and development. DeepSeq was able to obtain approximately 60,000 NVIDIA processing chips

The report accused NVIDIA of creating the most powerful chip it could while still skirting U.S

export controls. The report states, setting aside the troubling practice of American companies

deliberately and knowingly supplying the most advanced chips permissible under the U.S. export

control regime to a foreign adversary, there is growing evidence of a coordinated effort by

DeepSeq and other Chinese companies to violate U.S. law by illicitly importing banned chips into the

PRC. The committee made multiple policy recommendations to prevent DeepSeq from collecting more American data and intellectual property. That includes creating a system that

allows export controls to be continuously updated as technology improves and requiring

chip makers to track the end user to make sure chips don't fall into the wrong hands

I'm Ray Bogan for Straight Arrow News. For more reporting, download the SAN app