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The Chinese-developed DeepSeek chatbot has sent shockwaves through the AI world since its January 20 release.
The DeepSeek phenomenon hasn’t only attract AI fans and curious users, though.
I would be more concerned if countries werent exercising privacy-related investigations or taking any action at all."
Countries worldwide have, nonetheless, taken a different approach to the potential threats posed by DeepSeek.
“The US moves blend both privacy/security concerns with a noticeable undertone of economic protectionism,” said Parsons.
“It’s particularly evident in their proposal to penalize DeepSeek users.”
Is DeepSeek worse than ChatGPT or similar generative AI tools?
As ever, the devil is in the detail.
It all adds up to concerns around last week’s data breach thatexposed over one million records.
What’s next?
Bans and legal action alone wont solve the broader issues.
On a less optimistic stance, Proton’s Miseviciute believes these bans are often short-lived.
“Bans and legal action alone wont solve the broader issues” she said.
“The real solution lies in fostering a competitive tech landscape and educating consumers.”
“Users vote with their traffic numbers,” agreed Parsons.
