CHATBOTS – CHINA

Security ban for DeepSeek AI

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Original article by Ben Packham
The Australian – Page: 1 & 6 : 5-Feb-25

The Department of Home Affairs has issued a protective ­security order which bans the use of DeepSeek on all federal government devices. Every government department and agency has been directed to remove the artificial intelligence app from their systems and devices, prevent future access to the app and report compliance with the order to Home Affairs. The total ban follows an assessment by intelligence agencies that the software poses an "unacceptable risk" to national security. Chinese short-video app TikTok was banned on all federal government-issued devices in 2023 due to similar concerns.

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AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF HOME AFFAIRS

‘Don’t panic over DeepSeek national security threat’

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Original article by Tom McIlroy, Andrew Tillett
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 5 : 30-Jan-25

Former Australian Signals Directorate executive Simeon Gilding has downplayed concerns about the national security implications of China’s DeepSeek AI chatbot. Gilding contends that Chinese-made electric vehicles are a bigger security concern, given that they "suck up data" and send it back to China, where it could potentially be accessed by the Communist Party. He adds that it is too soon to consider banning DeepSeek in Australia, but says this could change if China’s security services start trying to imbed the technology into critical infrastructure and services.

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AUSTRALIAN SIGNALS DIRECTORATE

Deep end: big tech’s disruption

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Original article by Ben Packham
The Australian – Page: 1 & 2 : 29-Jan-25

Science Minister Ed Husic says it is too early for the federal government to determine whether China’s DeepSeek AI platform is a potential national security risk. He says the government will take advice from national security agencies on the potential threat posed by the DeepSeek chatbot. US technology investor Marc Andreessen has described the latest version of DeepSeek as "AI’s Sputnik moment". However, Australian Strategic Policy Institute executive director Justin Bassi says the West was never reliant on the Soviet Union’s economy or its technology in the way it is with China; he adds that Western governments and companies acted after the Soviets launched the Sputnik artificial satellite in 1957, and similar action is required now.

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AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF INDUSTRY, SCIENCE AND RESOURCES, AUSTRALIAN STRATEGIC POLICY INSTITUTE LIMITED