Apr02
The heavy-handed approach would be to block governments and civilians from DeepSeek. The United States, South Korea, Australia and Italy have imposed some form of ban on DeepSeek. China already has a censorship policy which blocks Google, YouTube, Vimeo, Facebook, Yahoo, Wikipedia, Reddit, Netflix, Spotify, Steam, Linkedin, X (Twitter) and Skype. Major news media sites are also blocked.
Western countries are not banning it due to racism, nor a full-blown arms race. The reality is that the adoption of AI depends on how well we can regulate it. It involves understanding the benefits and risks. Does data privacy, storage and handling align with the security standards of our nation? What is its social and economic impact? Do the benefits outweigh the costs? These are questions that policymakers normally ask. However, the capabilities of AI have outpaced our ability to address these questions. There are too many unknowns, and that is where the AI hype meets reality.
One of the barriers that will stop DeepSeek, or any foreign technology, will be the security risks that it imposes. It so happens that DeepSeek is from China, a global superpower, that is in direct competition with the US. But if we look at the other AI competitors, it’s only a matter of time before other countries release their version of Open AI. It won’t be a race to limit each other’s progress, but a race to create “rules of the game”. They need proper AI policies and frameworks to compete.
Keywords: AI, Leadership, Management
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