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Is anyone actually surprised by this?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 hours ago

No, this is just propaganda

[–] [email protected] 4 points 13 hours ago

This make the news only because it's going to chinese servers. Didn't see anything like that about ChatGPT or the one made by Google.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 15 hours ago

Yes, that is how these generative AI imementations work.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Unrelated but yesterday I saw a post where the person was mocking those concerned by the chinese getting their data, saying things like "why would they care" and some people sarcastically saying they wouldn't understand the data because "it was in another language". Were those people right or not?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 19 hours ago

i don't know but there are some Chinese apps that translates instantly like everything in every language

[–] [email protected] 6 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (1 children)

We are now at a time where US blocks China services in order to protect its companies

Just like many US services are banned in China in Order to protect their companies

So, I hope no surprise..

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Its or their for countries?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 hours ago

I feel like their is more common. I do deliberately say its for companies because companies aren't people and don't deserve people pronouns. Countries seem more like a collection of people, so I use their.

If someone knows more about grammar feel free to correct me.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Like every app you have doesn't collect keystrokes data?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 20 hours ago

right?

CHINESE APP COLLECTS YOUR THOUGHTS AND SAVES THEM

[–] [email protected] 26 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

as opposed to OpenAI which also stores keystrokes and then sells them to anyone who'd pay?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 19 hours ago

When I read DeepSeek's privacy policy, I was creeped out by the invasiveness of the keystrokes thing. Then I realised that ChatGPT is just as creepy, but less upfront about it, and DeepSeek's relative transparencyn caused me to see them in a more favourable light

[–] [email protected] 8 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

This is Whataboutism and you are clearly a Wumao agent sent here to destroy democracy.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 19 hours ago

I don't need to... Muricans took care of destroying democracy all on their own

[–] [email protected] 4 points 20 hours ago

We were doing a perfectly adequate job of that on our own

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 day ago

They should store the data in US servers like OpenAI does. Apparently then Mashable won't write an article about it.

The criticism thrown at DeepSeek in the past days is just as applicable to American AI models. But when that was brought up it in the past it was "making things political".

At least I can run DeepSeek locally.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 day ago
[–] [email protected] 51 points 1 day ago (1 children)

This article is what US propaganda looks like folks. Mashable should be ashamed.

Literally all AI companies do this to run their services. Except you can actually download Deepseek and run it completely securely on your own devices. You know who doesn't allow that security? OpenAI and the other US companies currently being screwed.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 20 hours ago

every google site has been doing this for years too. every comment we write in youtube and discard before posting, its being recorded. this isnt news at all.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 day ago

Yes, I’m going to be lectured on privacy by people who are still on twitter.

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