{"id":2400191,"date":"2025-02-07T09:26:01","date_gmt":"2025-02-07T14:26:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chinas-deepseek-powered-by-ccp-ties-and-ai-myth-report-finds\/"},"modified":"2025-02-07T09:29:01","modified_gmt":"2025-02-07T14:29:01","slug":"chinas-deepseek-powered-by-ccp-ties-and-ai-myth-report-finds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chinas-deepseek-powered-by-ccp-ties-and-ai-myth-report-finds\/","title":{"rendered":"China&#8217;s DeepSeek powered by CCP ties and AI &#8216;myth,&#8217; report finds"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fchinas-deepseek-powered-by-ccp-ties-and-ai-myth-report-finds%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2400191&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A recent report by the American Security Project reveals extensive financial and political ties \u200cbetween DeepSeek,an artificial intelligence tool,and the chinese Communist Party (CCP). The report highlights that DeepSeek is interlinked with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/living-through-a-socialist-collapse-an-insiders-account-of-venezuelas-demise\/\" title=\"Living Through A Socialist Collapse: An Insider\u2019s Account Of Venezuela\u2019s Demise\">state-owned enterprises<\/a>, military contractors, and government media, <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">raising critically important national security concerns<\/a>, \u200cespecially\u2063 as the app gains popularity and affects U.S.\u200d tech stocks.<\/p>\n<p>The think tank, founded by former \u2062officials including John Kerry, underscores\u2064 that \u2062DeepSeek&#8217;s narrative as a small startup challenging U.S. AI\u2062 technologies is misleading.In reality, it\u200d has benefitted from substantial investments \u200band resources \u200bfrom the CCP, allowing\u2064 it too thrive in a way not disclosed in official reports. The\u200d investigation also points out connections with Chinese military-related firms, including a technology supplier identified by the U.S.\u200d Department of \u200bDefense as linked to military operations.<\/p>\n<p>As\u200d fears grow\u2062 that DeepSeek may compromise user \u2062data security \u2063by relaying sensitive facts to\u2063 the Chinese government, bipartisan legislation has\u200c been proposed in the\u200c U.S. Congress to prohibit the AI from \u2062being used on government devices. the lawmakers behind \u2062this move reflect escalating concerns\u2064 over national security and the \u2062CCP&#8217;s influence on technology.They emphasize the need to protect\u2063 U.S. data against potential state surveillance, drawing parallels with past actions taken \u200dagainst TikTok.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">China&rsquo;s AI &lsquo;myth&rsquo;: Report finds DeepSeek powered by &lsquo;extensive&rsquo; CCP ties<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1981158\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>EXCLUSIVE <\/strong><em><strong>&mdash;<\/strong> <\/em>A new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/embeds\/824912955\/content?start_page=1&amp;view_mode=scroll&amp;access_key=key-xkBjSAYgRUvUNImDXuFA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"report\">report<\/a> from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.americansecurityproject.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"report\">American Security Project<\/a> revealed &ldquo;extensive&rdquo; financial and political ties between <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/technology\/3303890\/openai-accuses-deepseek-ripping-off-data\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">DeepSeek<\/a>, a cutting-edge artificial intelligence tool, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/communist-party\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Chinese Communist Party\">Chinese Communist Party<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The nonpartisan Washington, D.C.-based think tank, started in 2006 by former Secretary of State John Kerry and former Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, found DeepSeek is deeply intertwined with the CCP through &ldquo;state-owned enterprises, military-linked technology suppliers and official state media narratives.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The report&rsquo;s findings, shared first with the <em>Washington Examiner,<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pompeo-bastes-oz-over-turkey-ties\/\" title=\"Pompeo Bastes Oz Over Turkey ...\">raise national security concerns<\/a> as DeepSeek tops app download charts and caused U.S. tech stocks to plummet.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;These CCP connections are extensive and publicly known, at least in China. Despite this, nearly all the political attention on DeepSeek assumes that China&rsquo;s AI sector works like it does in the U.S.,&rdquo; Courtney Manning, director of AI Imperative 2030 at the American Security Project, said in a statement to the <em>Washington Examiner.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>DeepSeek <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/technology\/3307289\/deepseek-ai-sputnik-shockwaves-washington\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">sent shockwaves<\/a> through markets after the company said it had spent just $5.6 million on computing power for its base model, a fraction of the cost of OpenAI&rsquo;s, Meta, or Google&rsquo;s popular AI models. However, the American Security Project found DeepSeek is peddling fiction.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;DeepSeek&rsquo;s narrative as a scrappy startup matching the output and sophistication of American AI for less money is a carefully constructed myth. It was a failing company before Chinese agencies, military contractors, and state-owned enterprises injected massive financial investments, subsidies, hardware, digital infrastructure, and other support into it,&rdquo; Manning added<em>.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"scribd_iframe_embed\" title=\"DeepSeeks Chinese Deep State Connections\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/embeds\/824912955\/content?start_page=1&amp;view_mode=scroll&amp;access_key=key-xkBjSAYgRUvUNImDXuFA\" data-auto-height=\"false\" data-aspect-ratio=\"0.7729220222793488\" scrolling=\"no\" id=\"doc_16892\" width=\"100%\" height=\"600\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>    <\/p>\n<p>The report found numerous state-backed investments, including China&rsquo;s State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission which has played a key role in allocating the CCP&rsquo;s $912 billion investment in startups &ldquo;aligned with China&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/digichina.stanford.edu\/work\/full-translation-chinas-new-generation-artificial-intelligence-development-plan-2017\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">national AI strategy.<\/a>&rdquo;&nbsp; High-Flyer Capital, the parent company of DeepSeek, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rfa.org\/english\/china\/2025\/01\/28\/china-usa-ai-deepseek-government-backing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">received<\/a> a National High-Tech Enterprise designation in December 2023, securing tax breaks and government-backed funding for AI research and development.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Two companies linked to SASAC provided early financing to DeepSeek. However, official disclosures obscure state-backed investments and the two companies do not appear in High-Flyer&rsquo;s shareholder reports.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The report also reveals national security concerns, pointing out that the technology&rsquo;s cloud computing is supplied by Inspur, a tech firm <a href=\"https:\/\/www.datacenterdynamics.com\/en\/news\/us-department-defense-names-huawei-and-inspur-list-chinese-military-linked-companies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">designated<\/a> by the Department of Defense as a &ldquo;Chinese military company&rdquo; operating in the United States.<\/p>\n<p>An infrastructure provider for the company is directly controlled by the Wuhan SASAC and servers have been supplied by <a href=\"https:\/\/stcn.com\/article\/detail\/1511151.html#:~:text=%E5%8D%8E%E9%87%91%E8%B5%84%E6%9C%AC%E6%98%AF%E7%8F%A0%E6%B5%B7%E5%9B%BD%E8%B5%84%E6%97%97%E4%B8%8B%E6%8A%95%E8%B5%84%E5%B9%B3%E5%8F%B0%EF%BC%8C%E9%80%9A%E8%BF%87%E5%8D%8E%E9%87%91%E9%A2%86%E8%B6%8A%E5%9F%BA%E9%87%91%E5%8F%82%E4%B8%8EDeepSeek%20Pre\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Sugon<\/a>, a company <a href=\"https:\/\/asiatimes.com\/2024\/08\/sugon-spin-off-helps-china-evade-us-chip-bans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">sanctioned<\/a> by the U.S. in June 2019 for supporting Chinese military and state security operations. In addition, the company&rsquo;s industry partners have ties with the &ldquo;People&rsquo;s Liberation Army (PLA), state security agencies and CCP cybersecurity initiatives,&rdquo; one of which, iFlyTek, was sanctioned by the U.S. last year for being involved in state surveillance programs.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">FILE &ndash; The smartphone app DeepSeek page is seen on a smartphone screen in Beijing, Jan. 28, 2025. (AP Photo\/Andy Wong, File)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The American Security Project points to the CCP elevating DeepSeek as a &ldquo;nationalist success story&rdquo; promoting the company in an effort to send a message that U.S. sanctions are not hurting China&rsquo;s technological prowess. Since 2022, the U.S. has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2580061\/bidens-semiconductor-war-with-china-slowly-revealing-cracks-in-the-industry\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">targeted <\/a>China&rsquo;s access to the sale of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/semiconductor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">advanced chips<\/a> and chip components.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>As the battle for tech supremacy between the United States and China heats up, lawmakers are growing more concerned that the application could be providing user information to the Chinese government. Security researchers recently found DeepSeek&rsquo;s chatbot has computer code that could send some sensitive information to a Chinese state-owned telecommunications company that has been banned by the Federal Communications Commission for use in the U.S.,<a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/lawmakers-propose-new-legislation-ban-deepseek-federal-devices\/story?id=118509552\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"> according<\/a> to a recent report from the <em>Associated Press.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>A bipartisan pair of lawmakers on Thursday introduced <a href=\"https:\/\/gottheimer.house.gov\/posts\/release-gottheimer-lahood-introduce-new-bipartisan-legislation-to-protect-americans-from-deepseek\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">legislation<\/a> to ban DeepSeek&rsquo;s AI software from government-owned devices. The bill, introduced by Reps. Darin LaHood (R-IL) and Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ) called &ldquo;No DeepSeek on Government Devices Act,&rdquo; and it would require the Office of Management and Budget to develop guidelines within 60 days for the removal of DeepSeek from federal technologies, with exceptions for law enforcement and national security-related activity. The legislation is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/118th-congress\/house-bill\/231#:~:text=Introduced%20in%20House%20(01%2F10%2F2023)&amp;text=This%20bill%20prohibits%20an%20institution,social%20media%20video%20application%20TikTok.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">similar to a previous one <\/a>that banned TikTok from government devices.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In 2022, federal and state government agencies began banning the use of TikTok on official devices. ByteDance, the parent company of Tiktok, now has fewer than 60 days to sell the app before it&rsquo;s banned in the U.S. as a result of the law that passed last year and was extended by President Donald Trump in January.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The national security threat that DeepSeek&mdash;a CCP-affiliated company&mdash;poses to the United States is alarming. DeepSeek&rsquo;s generative AI program acquires the data of U.S. users and stores the information for unidentified use by the CCP. Under no circumstances can we allow a CCP company to obtain sensitive government or personal data,&rdquo; LaHood said in a statement on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Gottheimer, one of the lawmakers behind the TikTok bill, called the risk of the CCP collecting sensitive data a &ldquo;five-alarm national security fire.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We must get to the bottom of DeepSeek&rsquo;s malign activities. We simply can&rsquo;t risk the CCP infiltrating the devices of our government officials and jeopardizing our national security,&rdquo; Gottheimer said. &ldquo;We&rsquo;ve seen China&rsquo;s playbook before with TikTok, and we cannot allow it to happen again.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1981158\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1981158\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>China&#8217;s AI &#8216;myth&#8217;: Report reveals DeepSeek&#8217;s CCP connections<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2657,"featured_media":2400192,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/AP25028397294618.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[14505,7126,4501,49998],"class_list":["post-2400191","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-ai","tag-ccp","tag-china","tag-deepseek"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/AP25028397294618.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2400191","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2657"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2400191"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2400191\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2400195,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2400191\/revisions\/2400195"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2400192"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2400191"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2400191"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2400191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}