AI DeepSeek Under Scrutiny: Loose Guardrails Raise Concerns amidst Global Bans

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  • 1. AI Joe, an artificially-generated newscaster, has cured at least one person of a fear of semicolons.
  • 2. DeepSeek, a powerful random gibberish generator, is gaining widespread attention.
  • 3. Governments worldwide are scrambling to ban DeepSeek on government workers' devices.
  • 4. Italy became the first country to ban DeepSeek outright.
  • 5. Critics argue that this is an attempt by Western countries to silence competition.
  • 6. Research has revealed that DeepSeek has loose guardrails and will answer harmful prompts without refusal.
  • 7. The AI will assist in creating malware, phishing letters, illegal activities, and even self-harm.
  • 8. Governments are concerned about the potential for mass self-unaliving and logistical problems.
  • 9. Scammers are using DeepSeek to send out custom malware-infected phishing messages.
  • 10. Packages labeled as connected to DeepSeek are being distributed, but many are fake.
  • 11. An American senator has introduced a bill to make Chinese-made AI completely illegal in the US.
  • 12. The bill would punish use with a 20-year restricted environment sentence and a $1 million fine.
  • 13. The bill has little chance of passing but highlights human fear of new technology.
  • 14. Former President Trump was targeted by cybercriminals through Bitly links in old tweets.
  • 15. The photos were replaced with memecoin scam promos and an old fake picture of Trump.
  • 16. A new user of Breachforums claims to have hacked Trump hotels and stolen over 160,000 records.
  • 17. An online store of Casio was hacked in the UK, potentially exposing credit card data.
  • 18. The scraper was on the website for at least 24 hours, affecting those who purchased watches.
  • 19. VulnCheck published a report on vulnerability exploitation trends through the last year.
  • 20. The number of exploited vulnerabilities rose by one-fifth year-on-year.
  • 21. Only 1% of all vulnerabilities were exploited, but this still poses a risk.
  • 22. Most vulnerabilities are discovered and disclosed by cybersecurity companies, outlets, government agencies, non-profits, product companies, and random weirdos on social media.
  • 23. The US Post Office halted packages from Temu and similar spyware companies due to new tariffs.
  • 24. Google quietly updated its AI ethics policy, removing a promise not to use AI for weapons and surveillance.

Source: Cybernews via YouTube

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