DeepSeek has become the new buzzword in the AI space thanks to its advanced capabilities and free access. However, a recent report from Cisco shows that it has a 100% attack success rate and failed to block a single harmful prompt. This is quite alarming, as the DeepSeek app has become a top-rated free app on Apple’s App Store in the US.
“Our findings suggest that DeepSeek’s claimed cost-efficient training methods, including reinforcement learning, chain-of-thought self-evaluation, and distillation, may have compromised its safety mechanisms. DeepSeek R1 lacks robust guardrails compared to other frontier models, making it highly susceptible to algorithmic jailbreaking and potential misuse.” Cisco blog post.
