DeepSeek AI: Ex-Spook Claims Security Concerns Are Overblown
Australian Financial Review
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- Date Published
- 29 Jan 2025
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- 3
- Australian
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- 10 Mar 2025, 10:27 pm
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Former Australian Signals Directorate deputy director-general Simeon Gilding said he was more concerned about Chinese-made EVs than early AI products.
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The article conveys the perspective of Simeon Gilding, a former deputy director-general of the Australian Signals Directorate, who argues against overreacting to the AI platform DeepSeek, suggesting it does not currently pose as significant a security threat as Chinese-made electric vehicles. Gilding emphasizes the need for vigilance in monitoring any potential integration of this technology into critical infrastructure by foreign security services. This discussion highlights an important aspect of AI safety discourse by balancing innovation and potential risks, particularly in the context of national security and operational AI governance. The article is significant in addressing AI safety within the framework of Australian national security policy.
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PoliticsFederalAIPrint articleTom McIlroyandAndrew TillettJan 29, 2025 – 7.46pmSaveLog inorSubscribeto save articleShareCopy linkCopiedEmailLinkedInTwitterFacebookCopy linkCopiedShare via...Gift this articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber?LoginThe architect ofAustralia’s world-leading Huawei banhas warned against panic over the emergence of breakthrough AI platform DeepSeek, saying Chinese-made electric cars arguably pose a greater security worry.Former Australian Signals Directorate deputy director-general for intelligence and network operations Simeon Gilding said it was too early to consider banning DeepSeek but cautioned this could change if China’s security services began trying to integrate the technology into critical infrastructure and services.Loading...Tom McIlroyis the Financial Review’s Canberra bureau chief based in the press gallery at Parliament House. He was previously the AFR’s political correspondent.Connect withTomonTwitter.EmailTomatthomas.mcilroy@afr.comAndrew Tillettwrites on politics, foreign affairs, defence and security from the Canberra press gallery.Connect withAndrewonFacebookandTwitter.EmailAndrewatandrew.tillett@afr.comSaveLog inorSubscribeto save articleShareCopy linkCopiedEmailLinkedInTwitterFacebookCopy linkCopiedShare via...Gift this articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber?LoginLicense articleFollow the topics, people and companies that matter to you.Find out moreRead MoreAIFederal electionNational securityFetching latest articlesOlympic weightlifting is hard. This boss uses the 1pc rule to get it doneLucy DeanOut-of-control watch price rises give housing a run for its moneyKnow your craft: How the biggest airlines rate at the pointy endJun Bei Liu: How I learnt to speak upSally Patten and Lap PhanThe four actor ‘tricks’ giving executives more confidence‘We’ll fight’: Alex Waislitz on family battles and bad betsA last-chance tote bag and a groovy case for trumpetersEugenie KellyThis machine can bring out the creative streak you never knew you hadThis data-driven wellness retreat is a haven for high-flyersBillionaire Nicola Forrest appoints UBank boss to run family officePrimrose RiordanVictor Smorgon’s star fundie eyes 50pc returns for new fundForrest family powerbroker had alleged role in big Fortescue decisions