The US Navy has prohibited its members against using Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) platform DeepSeek due to national and ethical fears.
The Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) startup DeepSeek gained overnight fame because of its cost-effective models, – a phenomenon in the AI industry which startled industry insiders and worried investors.
The newly installed US President Donald Trump had even reacted to DeepSeek’s breakthrough, saying it as a “positive thing”, adding however, that he was not concerned about the breakthrough as the US will remain a dominant player in the AI technology field.
This is as the new AI’s impact triggered Monday’s trillion-dollar global market sell-off, with AI-related companies becoming some of its largest losers.
China’s DeepSeek AI on US National Security Watch
As of this moment, US officials are considering the national security implications of an apparent artificial intelligence (AI) breakthrough by Chinese company DeepSeek, according to White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt.
A report by CNBC revealed that the US navy sent out emails to its staff warning them to to use the DeepSeek AI app due to “potential security and ethical concerns associated with the model’s origin and usage”.
Targeted Attack: DeepSeek AI Raises ‘Malicious Attack’ Alarm
Meanwhile, DeepSeek raised an alarm saying it has/is still been the target of cyber attacks. On Monday, the AI company said it would temporarily limit registrations because of “large-scale malicious attacks” on its software.
A banner currently showing on the company’s website says registration may be busy as a result of the attacks as of this afternoon.
The DeepSeek Competition
America’s AI industry was very much shaken by the apparent breakthrough of a new AI company, especially because of the prevailing view that the US was far ahead in that sphere.
There’s also the matter of the US having a slew of trade restrictions banning China’s access to high-end chips further cementing this belief.
For China however, DeepSeek is not one of the big Chinese firms that have been developing AI models to rival US-made ChatGPT although it is boosting investment in advanced tech to diversify its economy,
Experts have the US still stands at an advantage because it is home to some of the biggest chip companies – but there’s the lingering question over how exactly DeepSeek built its model and how far it can go.
