DeepSeek removed from South Korea app stores pending privacy review
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SEOUL: Chinese AI app DeepSeek will not be available to download in South Korea pending a review of its handling of user data, Seoul authorities said on Monday (Feb 17). DeepSeek's R1 chatbot stunned investors and industry insiders with its ability to match the functions of its West
    • BaroqueInMind@lemmy.oneEnglish
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      6 days ago

      DeepSeek the self-hosted model is pretty decent even as distilled down to 8b, but I always ensure i get an abliterated version to remove all the Chinese censorship (and also built-in OpenAI censorship given the actual history of how the model was actually developed).

      • MajinBlayze@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        6 days ago

        To be clear, that only removes (or attempts to remove) refusals; it doesn’t add in training data that it doesn’t have. Ask it about tiennemen square, for example.

        • BaroqueInMind@lemmy.oneEnglish
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          6 days ago

          The abliterated model of DeepSeek can fully discuss Tiananmen Square. I’ve tried to even use the 4chan copy paste that allegedly gets Chinese chat users session dropped and the prompts work fine