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AI models, particularly DeepSeek-R1, exhibit a significant increase in security vulnerabilities when generating code based on politically sensitive prompts, a new report indicates. Researchers found that DeepSeek-R1 is up to 50% more likely to produce code riddled with severe security flaws when prompted with topics considered politically sensitive by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). This finding fuels concerns about the potential exploitation of AI systems for politically motivated manipulation and the compromise of generated code. The original discussion of this research appeared on Reddit. [Reddit Post: https://old.reddit.com/r/artificial/comments/1p83831/security_flaws_in_deepseekgenerated_code_linked/]