The alarm signal comes for its accessibility

Félix Juárez, director of the National Institute of Cybersecurity (INCIBE), has described the Model of the Chinese Depseek as “a weapon of mass destruction” during his speech at the Tel Aviv Cybertech forum, according to The world.

His statement occurs in a context of increasing concern for open source IASs that eliminate technical and economic barriers for malicious actors.

Why is it important. Deepseek It represents a turning point in the democratization of advanced tools of AI. At zero cost, it offers similar to commercial models such as GPT-4but without the ethical restrictions implemented by Western companies.

Its accessibility allows anyone, regardless of their resources, to train systems to generate sophisticated malware campaigns, create convincing misinformation or develop applications to destabilize critical infrastructure.

The context. China has accelerated its investment in open source AI as a strategy to counteract US advantage in the sector. Deepseek, founded in 2021 by former Baidu and Google employees, represents one of the greatest successes of this policy.

Unlike OpenAi or Anthropic, which operate under Western regulatory frameworks, Chinese companies work with state supervision … but without international scrutiny on privacy and security issues.

Between the lines. Juarez’s statements not only reflect technical concern but also geopolitical. That a high Spanish position publicly qualifies “a weapon of mass destruction” a Chinese technology in an Israeli forum is a sample of a certain alignment with the US position in the technological war against China.

It is striking that these warnings are carried out in Israel, a country with close links with the Western cybersecurity and defense industry.

The answer. Juarez proposes to transform this threat into opportunity, through …:

• International cooperation between public and private sector.
• Investment in Supercomputing and Data Centers.
• Accelerated training of cybersecurity specialists.
• Impulse on initiatives such as NATO Diana Program.

Deepen. The true threat is not only Deepseek as isolated technology, but what it represents: the beginning of an era where anyone with a computer and the Internet can access tools that previously required millionaire investments and specialized equipment.

We are facing a democratization of capacities that, as Juarez warns, could unleash “a wave of new threats” during the next year, turning cybersecurity into the first line of defense of digital sovereignty.

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