- New research on Depseek has been requested by a group of American senators
- Senators cite national security concerns in the Chinese company
- Many government departments of the United States have already banned chatbot
The current dispute between China’s technology companies and the United States government continues, after a group of seven Republican senators asked the Commerce Department to evaluate the data security risks that Chinese companies models represent, specifically the Chatbot of the Deepseek.
Chinese technology companies face huge barriers to enter the US market due to tensions between the two countries, but the revolutionary Open Source model of Deepseek has sent waves through the IA panorama, thanks to the speed and low cost of development.
However, security concerns have been raised, which leads to multiple government departments of the United States to prohibit the use of the model, and a study even states that Depseek is 11 times more dangerous than the chatbots of the competition.
Secrets at risk
The senators, John Just finished, Tedd Budd, John Cornyn, Marsha Blackburn, Bill Cassidy, John Curtis and Todd Young signed a letter that describes the need to prioritize the models of their own harvest, as well as the “deeply problematic accusations” that Deepseek feeds sensitive information to the servers with links with links with the Chinese government.
“The launch of the Depseek R1 model at the end of January demonstrated the aptitude of the national talent of the National Republic of China (PRC) and the progress that their own harvest models have made in relation to the products to lead the US products,” explains the letter.
“The Trump administration has correctly emphasized the competence of AI against RPC, and the development of applications of the use of AI for companies and consumers is an important facet of that competition. Ensuring that such applications are safe and not prone to filter safe information and malignant exploitation is essential.”
The Chinese government has always denied such accusations, and all other accusations of cyber spying, and reiterated that the State does not have direct links with Chinese technology companies that operate abroad.
