[econjack]

Some US politicians are already calling for a ban. “The U.S. cannot allow CCP models such as DeepSeek to risk our national security and leverage our technology to advance their AI ambitions. We must work to swiftly place stronger export controls on technologies critical to DeepSeek’s AI infrastructure,” Rep. John Moolenaar, R-Mich., the chair of the House Select Committee on China, said Monday.

This is a totally stupid statement. Politicians evidently don't know what Open Source means. It means that the source code used to develop the application is available to anyone, usually free of charge. I was a computer science prof for 10 years at a Big Ten university so I know what Open Source means and the benefits it affords the development community. For US software developers to follow the advice offered here and not stand of the shoulders of those who have gone before us is an ostrich approach to AI development. Someone should take Rep. Moolenaar aside and explain to his what Open Source is all about.

[9422WMR]

Why is it assumed that any AI program is superior to natural intelligence?
They knocked 6% off nasdaq by following this chinese stock on one day.

[Retrofitted]

What is stoking the fear is the use of Deepseek on their servers, particularly this (from their privacy policy): "The personal information we collect from you may be stored on a server located outside of the country where you live. We store the information we collect in secure servers located in the People's Republic of China." Throw that in with "We collect certain device and network connection information when you access the Service. This information includes your device model, operating system, keystroke patterns or rhythms, IP address, and system language" and open source and the huge benefits it carries goes out the window.

Meanwhile, OpenAI launched GovGPT as a counter, setting itself up as a safer, more secure, American made system. I can't tell exactly how thick the irony there is yet.

[EBH]

There is a major concern here, even with it being Open Source. And that comes down to the DeepSeek terms of service.

Under the TOS and Privacy Policy, they “may” collect data, audio, text messages, files, etc. and secure it on CCP servers. User Input. When you use our Services, we may collect your text or audio input, prompt, uploaded files, feedback, chat history, or other content that you provide to our model and Services.https://chat.deepseek.com/downloads/DeepSeek%20Privacy%20Policy.html