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DeepSeek Fails Every Safety Test Thrown at It by Researchers
Cisco researchers found it was much easier to trick DeepSeek into providing potentially harmful information compared to its rivals, such as ChatGPT, Google's Gemini, or Anthropic's Claude.
Cisco's researchers point to the much lower budget of DeepSeek compared to rivals as a potential reason for these failings, saying its cheap development came at a "different cost: safety and security." DeepSeek was tested by a PCMag journalist on controversial topics such as the treatment of Uyghurs by the Chinese government, a Muslim minority group that the UN claims is being persecuted. Before joining PCMag in 2024, I picked up bylines in BBC News, The Guardian, The Times of London, The Daily Beast, Vice, Slate, Fast Company, The Evening Standard, The i, TechRadar, and Decrypt Media.
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