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Security researchers have issued serious warnings about DeepSeek-R1, urging businesses to tread with caution ??. Meanwhile, users are running into an entirely different issue—DeepSeek simply doesn’t work most of the time!?

It’s been almost a month since China’s DeepSeek-R1 hit the scene, and while the buzz hasn’t stopped, it’s all starting to sound a little less glowing. People have begun realising that DeepSeek may not be that great after all. While the model is gaining popularity in enterprise AI, security experts have raised red flags.?

Threatsys identified vulnerabilities in the hosted platform, including cross-site scripting (XSS) and unauthorised access risks. Deepak Kumar Nath, CEO of Threatsys, an Indian cybersecurity firm, warned, “Security should never be an afterthought.”

AppSOC’s red-team tests were even more damning. The model bypassed safety mechanisms 91% of the time, had a 93% failure rate in blocking malicious code generation, and was alarmingly weak against hallucinations and prompt injections.?

“DeepSeek-R1 should not be deployed for enterprise use, especially for sensitive data,” the report concluded.

Concerns over DeepSeek’s Chinese origins have only increased scepticism. Rohit Thakur, Synechron's GenAI lead, noted, “People are not comfortable sharing their data. We’ll wait and watch.”?

DeepSeek Server—Always Busy!

Even if you overlook the security risks, there’s another major problem—DeepSeek just doesn’t seem to work. Users frequently encounter the dreaded “Server is busy” message, making it nearly impossible to rely on the model.

“I relate to DeepSeek on a spiritual level because I, too, get an exhausted, busy server after answering two questions,” joked a user on X.

DeepSeek’s API has severe downtime issues, with reports of a 10-day continuous outage owing to its infrastructure struggle. Although the company reportedly has access to 50,000 GPUs, industry experts claim it’s nowhere near enough.?

Dylan Patel of SemiAnalysis hit it straight: “DeepSeek doesn’t have any capacity to actually serve the model. So many people are trying to use it, but they don’t have the GPUs.”

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