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ROOKE: What Were They Thinking? Pentagon Employees Use Work Computers To Access Chinese AI Chatbot
Opinion by Mary Rooke • 18h

In case you missed it, U.S. Defense Department employees connected their work computers to Chinese servers to access DeepSeek’s new AI chatbot, sparking concerns over national security risks regarding China.

These Pentagon employees spent two days on the new Chinese chatbot before the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) shut off access late Tuesday, according to Bloomberg. DISA is essentially the U.S. Department of Defense’s IT department. It maintains and secures communications capabilities “from the battlefield to the White House.”


DeepSeek became a global phenomenon over the weekend when the chatbot went live in U.S. app stores, quickly becoming the top free app in the Apple App Store. Because of this, Americans watched as tech stocks lost billions on Monday due to its arrival, creating even greater fears that China has already leapfrogged U.S. dominance in AI development. (Sign up for Mary Rooke’s weekly newsletter here!)

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Aren't these people who should know better?  So was it "what were they thinking" or were they giving?  It is a perfect cover for espionage; "oh, I'm sorry, I should have known better." :pondering:
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Transfer them all to jobs where they have absolutely no access to government computers. One job I can think of is shoveling horseshit in the Army’s stables, other similar jobs would be appropriate for people so ignorant.