Building actual AI applications on top of an existing model is one area where Europe can still win, Meta’s outgoing top lobbyist Nick Clegg said on a panel at the World Economic Forum in Davos last week.
Yet, companies should also be on guard.
Many users tinkering with DeepSeek’s model noticed that the chatbot refrains from discussing topics that fall under the Chinese Communist Party’s censorship regime. For example, users flagged the app refused to respond to queries about the 1989 Tiananmen Massacre. Others saw in DeepSeek’s privacy policy that the company collects keystroke patterns.
“If you’re working on certain sensitive applications, you should beware [of] Chinese labs bearing gifts,” said Benaich.
European lawmakers are also closely watching the developments and the risks.
“It’s quite something that you store keystroke patterns, on Chinese servers,” said Dutch liberal member of the European Parliament Bart Groothuis.
“It also influences the way we are searching, the way we are thinking, how information is being provided,” he added. “It should not have its place in the EU.”
