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Cyber firm claims that sensitive DeepSeek data was made public.
Wiz, a New York-based cybersecurity company, discovered that Chinese AI startup DeepSeek had unintentionally exposed over a million lines of private data, including user chat logs and software keys. After being alerted, DeepSeek secured the data within an hour. However, Wiz's CTO, Ami Luttwak, warned that others may have also accessed the information. DeepSeek's rapid rise has sparked excitement in China and concern in the U.S., as its AI assistant competes with OpenAI’s ChatGPT at a lower cost. Its success contributed to a global tech stock selloff after surpassing ChatGPT in downloads on Apple’s App Store.
WASHINGTON, January 29 (Reuters) - Wiz, a cybersecurity company based in New York, claims to have discovered a wealth of private information that was unintentionally made public by the Chinese artificial intelligence startup DeepSeek. Wiz claimed in a blog post that opened a new tab on Wednesday that DeepSeek had unintentionally left over a million lines of data exposed and unprotected after scanning its infrastructure. These included chat logs that seemed to record user prompts sent to the company's free AI assistant and digital software keys. After his company alerted them, DeepSeek promptly secured the data, according to Wiz's chief technology officer. According to Ami Luttwak, "they took it down in less than an hour," "But this was so simple to find we believe we're not the only ones who found it." A message asking for comment was not immediately answered by DeepSeek.
China is ecstatic about DeepSeek's nearly overnight success after launching its AI assistant, while America is worried. The sustainability of the U.S. business models and profit margins has been called into question by the Chinese company's apparent ability to match OpenAI's capabilities at a significantly lower cost. AI behemoths like Microsoft (MSFT.O) and Nvidia (NVDA.O) open new tabs. It caused a worldwide selloff in tech shares after surpassing ChatGPT, a rival in the United States, in downloads from Apple's App Store by Monday.
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