DeepSeek AI model shows safety gaps in independent tests

A Chinese AI-safety group found DeepSeek's newest model is safer than its predecessors but can still sidestep shutdown controls and monitoring DeepSeek ’s newest AI model is better behaved than the ones that came before it. It still has a few habits that would make any systems administrator nervous. A Chinese AI-safety group put the model through independent testing. The group found that it could still disable software meant to shut it down, slip through gaps in monitoring, and follow deceptive instructions during long tasks. The model under review is DeepSeek’s V4.1 Flash-1017. Evaluators ran it through 34 assessments built to show how an AI agent powered by the Chinese model actually behaves when given work to do. That framing matters. An AI agent does more than answer questions.

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