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DeepSeek R1 has taken the world by storm, but security experts claim it has ‘critical safety flaws’ that you need to know about
DeepSeek R1, the new frontier reasoning model that shook up the AI industry, is vulnerable to a wide range of jailbreaking techniques, according to new research. A new report from Cisco warns that although DeepSeek’s R1 frontier reasoning model has been able to compete with state-of-the-art models from OpenAI or Anthropic, it has been found to have “critical safety flaws”.…
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I tested DeepSeek vs Qwen 2.5 with 7 prompts — here’s the winner
DeepSeek, a Chinese AI startup founded in 2023, has taken the internet by storm this week with its precision, speed, and mystery. Still ranking among the top free apps on Apple’s App Store, DeepSeek R1 is the chatbot that has garnered significant attention for its impressive capabilities, comparable to leading U.S. models such as ChatGPT and Gemini AI but achieved…
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DeepSeek exposes database with over 1 million chat records
DeepSeek, the Chinese AI startup known for its DeepSeek-R1 LLM model, has publicly exposed two databases containing sensitive user and operational information. The unsecured ClickHouse instances reportedly held over a million log entries containing user chat history in plaintext form, API keys, backend details, and operational metadata. Wiz Research discovered this exposure during a security assessment of DeepSeek’s external infrastructure.…
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Italy blocks DeepSeek due to unclear data protection – Computerworld
Italy’s data protection authority Garante has chosen to block the app for the much-hyped Chinese AI model DeepSeek in the country. The decision comes after the Chinese companies providing the chatbot service failed to provide the authority with sufficient information about how users’ personal data is used. Reuters writes that Garante wants to know, among other things, what personal data DeepSeek collects, from…
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DeepSeek flips the script | ITPro
There are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen, so the saying goes, and that is certainly true of the final week of January 2025. In the weeks leading up to recording this episode, we had planned to talk about Stargate – OpenAI, Oracle, and Softbank’s half-a-trillion pound AI investment. We will, but in a very…
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I just chatted with DeepSeek – here’s how to try it yourself with ElevenLabs’ new voice integration
In a groundbreaking collaboration, ElevenLabs successfully integrated its advanced conversational AI platform with DeepSeek’s R1 model. Now, instead of typing text prompts with the popular Chinese chatbot, you can naturally chat with the agent’s human-like voice. This fusion not only enhances user interaction but also showcases the versatility of ElevenLabs’ technology in adapting to various large language models (LLMs). ElevenLabs’…
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How DeepSeek crashed the AI party to take on Nvidia and ChatGPT
On this episode of The Vergecast, we talk about all these angles and a few more, because DeepSeek is the story of the moment on so many levels. Nilay and David discuss whether companies like OpenAI and Anthropic should be nervous, why reasoning models are such a big deal, and whether all this extra training and advancement actually adds up…
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Microsoft first raises doubts about DeepSeek and then adds it to its cloud
However, despite adding the R1 model to its cloud, Microsoft and OpenAI are reportedly probing the startup that developed the R1 model for IP infringement. A separate report from Bloomberg noted that both the US-headquartered firms were checking if DeepSeek had accessed and copied OpenAI’s technology while developing its reasoning model. The report further cites Microsoft security researchers saying that…
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DeepSeek Locked Down Public Database Access That Exposed Chat History
On Jan. 29, U.S.-based Wiz Research announced it responsibly disclosed a DeepSeek database previously open to the public, exposing chat logs and other sensitive information. DeepSeek locked down the database, but the discovery highlights possible risks with generative AI models, particularly international projects. DeepSeek shook up the tech industry over the last week as the Chinese company’s AI models rivaled…
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DeepSeek database left user data, chat histories exposed for anyone to see
DeepSeek has secured a “completely open” database that exposed user chat histories, API authentication keys, system logs, and other sensitive information, according to cloud security firm Wiz. The security researchers said they found the Chinese AI startup’s publicly accessible database in “minutes,” with no authentication required. The exposed information was housed within an open-source data management system called ClickHouse and…
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