DeepSeek ? More like DeepSneak

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00:00Deep Seek AI, it's like ChatGPT but Chinese and it runs at a fraction of the cost.

00:04It's been described as a game changer in AI efficiency, but have they been sneakily stealing

00:08user data and giving it to the CCP?

00:10Well not really.

00:12Users are actually just giving their data to China, willingly.

00:14Here you go.

00:16And yes, before you say, oh ChatGPT gives their data to the US government, yeah, okay, hold

00:20your horses, we'll get to that in a sec.

00:22Deep Seek, an AI startup owned by China-based hedge fund High Flyer, is billed as a budget-friendly

00:27open source alternative to ChatGPT.

00:30By January 2025, it had surpassed ChatGPT in the App Store downloads, shaking up the tech

00:34market.

00:35But as users tested it, a familiar trade-off emerged, privacy risks and security concerns.

00:40On January 29th, cybersecurity firm Wiz discovered Deep Seek had exposed over a million lines

00:45of sensitive data online, including user chat logs and software keys.

00:50We found that they had some log streams actually logging data from their own training, actual

00:55check messages that they used to reinforce their own model.

00:59And also a lot of metadata about their servers, the models they use, some API keys that they

01:05also utilize themselves, Deep Seek API keys.

01:07The leak was quickly locked down, but experts warn that Deep Seek isn't secure enough to

01:11handle private information.

01:12Deep Seek is already under investigation in Europe, with regulators questioning its compliance

01:16with GDPR privacy laws.

01:18Italy's even banned it already.

01:20Beyond privacy, Deep Seek is actively censoring content.

01:23It refuses to discuss historical events like Tiananmen Square, and it modifies answers to

01:27match government-approved narratives.

01:29Unlike Western AI companies like ChatGPT, which can legally challenge government data requests,

01:35Deep Seek is legally required to comply with China's strict surveillance laws.

01:38That means, if the government demands user data or wants to tweak AI responses, Deep Seek

01:43has no choice but to obey.

01:45And yes, you can run Deep Seek locally, but does the average user have the know-how to do that?

01:49A locally installed, large language model.

01:55If you've got a good CPU.

01:59And then it pulls down that Docker container.

02:02Nah.

02:03Bottom line, AI chatbots already raise privacy concerns, but Deep Seek takes it to another

02:07level.

02:08If you care about your digital freedom and security, be cautious about which AI tools you

02:13trust.

02:14Have you used Deep Seek?

02:15What do you think of it?

02:16How does it stack up to other competitors and are you worried about how they use your data?

02:20Let us know in the comments below.

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