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DeepSeek: why the hot new Chinese AI chatbot has big privacy and security problems

By Mohiuddin Ahmed, Senior Lecturer of Computing and Security, Edith Cowan University

The Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) company DeepSeek has rattled the tech industry with the release of free, cheaply made AI models that compete with the best US products such as ChatGPT.

Users are rushing to check out the new chatbot, sending DeepSeek’s AI Assistant to the top of the iPhone and Android app charts in many countries.

However, authorities have sounded a note of caution. US officials are examining…

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