DeepSeek: China’s AI model facing ‘large-scale malicious attacks’

Chinese AI firm DeepSeek says it is facing “large-scale malicious attacks”, which are affecting its services.

Chinese state media is citing cyber security experts who say the attacks are originating from US-based IP addresses, which the BBC is unable to verify.

This comes hours after White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said that the US National Security Council (NSC) is “looking into” DeepSeek.

The little-known Chinese firm’s reportedly cheap yet powerful AI model surprised Silicon…