USA versus China. “Deepseek voluntarily supports Chinese military and intelligence operations”

The company Deepseek, a Chinese giant in the artificial intelligence sector, voluntarily supports Military and intelligence operations of the PRC and bypasses American export controls to access advanced AI chips, “Reuters said on Monday, citing a high -ranking US official.

An anonymous source in the American Department of State said that Deepseek “supported and will probably continue to support” Beijing Military and Intelligence Operations, also providing us with details of users to the Chinese supervisory apparatus. The name Deepseek is in over 150 orders of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (ALW), and the company also provided technological services for its research institutions.

The official quoted by the Reuters agency added that Deepseek is trying to celebrate American trade restrictions, using the companies in Southeast Asian countries to acquire advanced chips.

Deepseek also allegedly gained access to “large amounts” of advanced NVIDIA H100 chips, covered by American export restrictions since 2022. Due to the US fears regarding their use for military purposes or AI development. The company is trying to celebrate these controls, gaining remote access to American chips in data centers in Southeast Asia.

Chatbot Deepseek gained publicity in January. The company claims that its AI models match or outweigh the leading American models at a fraction of costs.

Information about the company's connections with the Chinese government and the army, which were not previously disclosed, appears in the context of a large trade war between the USA and China, “says Reuters.

The NVIDIA spokesman said that the concern does not support entities violating American export controls. Deepseek did not answer the Reuters agency questions regarding these allegations. (PAP)

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