DeepSeek R1 can generate more harmful content than other AI, study finds

Now that DeepSeek R1 is being used and tested in the wild, we're finding out more details about the AI product that tanked the stock market on Monday while becoming the most popular iPhone app in the App Store. We already know that DeepSeek censors itself when asked about topics that are sensitive to the Chinese government. That's one potential reason not to use it. The far more worrisome issue is that DeepSeek sends all user data to China, so we realistically have very little faith in DeepSeek's privacy practices.

We've also witnessed the first DeepSeek hack, which confirmed that the company was storing prompt data and other sensitive information in unsecured plain text.

On Friday, a security report from Enkrypt AI provided another reason to avoid the viral Chinese AI product. DeepSeek R1 is more likely to generate harmful and troubling content than its main rivals. You don't even need to attempt to jailbreak DeepSeek to send it off the rails. The AI simply lacks security protections to safeguard users.

On the other hand, if you were looking for AI to help you with malicious activity, DeepSeek might be the one you've been waiting for.

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