The National Security and Defense Council shared insights about the Chinese AI model, DeepSeek.

The Chinese model DeepSeek, like any artificial intelligence, collects information that users voluntarily provide. The question is where this data ends up.

Andriy Kovalenko, the head of the Center for Countering Disinformation under the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine, explained this on Telegram.

“DeepSeek is a fantastic tool for gathering intelligence,” he wrote.

Kovalenko claims that any artificial intelligence “studies you and gathers all information about your experiences, interests, family, finances, and practically everything else.” People willingly ask questions and receive answers, while the AI retains this information.

According to him, this data can then be used to derive behavioral models of entire societies and further devise influence tools.

“The real question is who owns this AI and what its ultimate goal is,” Kovalenko added.

Recall: Mind reported that a Chinese startup DeepSeek introduced a new AI bot that requires significantly fewer resources while surpassing leading American developments in many ways. DeepSeek is a startup based in Hangzhou, whose controlling shareholder, according to Chinese corporate documents, is Liang Wenfeng, one of the co-founders of the hedge fund High-Flyer. The success of DeepSeek has already caught the attention of the highest political circles in China. According to the state news agency Xinhua, on January 20, the day of the public launch of DeepSeek-R1, the company's founder Liang Wenfeng participated in a closed symposium for entrepreneurs chaired by Premier Li Qiang.

Background. Previously, Mind reported that OpenAI introduced the first automated AI agent – capable of independently visiting various web pages and completing tasks.