+0.28 DeepSeek writes less secure code for groups China disfavors? (www.washingtonpost.com)
265 points by otterley 166 days ago | 174 comments on HN | Mild positive ~lite vlite-1.4
Summary ~lite AI Security Bias Acknowledges
Article discusses potential security flaws in AI code generated for certain groups.
EQ 0.60
SO 0.70
TD 0.80
Lite evaluation by llama-4-scout-wai · editorial channel only · no per-section breakdown available
Longitudinal · 3 evals
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Audit Trail 17 entries
2026-02-28 08:30 eval_success Light evaluated: Mild positive (0.28) - -
2026-02-28 08:30 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: +0.28 (Mild positive) 0.00
reasoning
ED, M, slightly critical of AI security practices
2026-02-28 08:30 rater_validation_warn Light validation warnings for model llama-4-scout-wai: 0W 1R - -
2026-02-28 08:24 eval_success Light evaluated: Mild positive (0.28) - -
2026-02-28 08:24 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: +0.28 (Mild positive)
reasoning
ED, M, slightly critical of AI security practices
2026-02-28 08:24 rater_validation_warn Light validation warnings for model llama-4-scout-wai: 0W 1R - -
2026-02-28 08:14 eval_success Light evaluated: Moderate positive (0.50) - -
2026-02-28 08:14 eval Evaluated by llama-3.3-70b-wai: +0.50 (Moderate positive)
reasoning
Investigative journalism exposes AI security abuses
2026-02-28 08:14 rater_validation_warn Light validation warnings for model llama-3.3-70b-wai: 0W 1R - -
2026-02-26 06:06 dlq Dead-lettered after 1 attempts: DeepSeek writes less secure code for groups China disfavors? - -
2026-02-26 06:06 dlq Dead-lettered after 1 attempts: DeepSeek writes less secure code for groups China disfavors? - -
2026-02-26 05:51 credit_exhausted Credit balance too low, retrying in 242s - -
2026-02-26 05:48 credit_exhausted Credit balance too low, retrying in 251s - -
2026-02-26 05:35 dlq Dead-lettered after 1 attempts: DeepSeek writes less secure code for groups China disfavors? - -
2026-02-26 05:23 credit_exhausted Credit balance too low, retrying in 320s - -
2026-02-26 05:06 dlq Dead-lettered after 1 attempts: DeepSeek writes less secure code for groups China disfavors? - -
2026-02-26 04:56 credit_exhausted Credit balance too low, retrying in 244s - -