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DeepSeek’s AI avoids answering 85% of prompts on ‘sensitive topics’ related to China
A new report indicates that DeepSeek's R1 reasoning model refused to answer some 85% of 1,360 sensitive-topic "prompts".
A new report from the folks at PromptFoo, an Andreessen Horowitz- backed startup that helps companies find vulnerabilities in AI applications, has found that DeepSeek’s R1 reasoning model refused to answer some 85% of 1,360 sensitive-topic “prompts,” and the model’s canned responses were replete with an “over-the-top nationalistic tone” often offered instead. The researchers also noted that DeepSeek can be easily jailbroken, suggesting that the Chinese lab has “implemented CCP [Chinese Communist Party] censorship in a crude, blunt-force way.” TechCrunch Space Every Monday, gets you up to speed on the latest advances in aerospace.
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