Western Military, Intelligence Agencies Will ‘Rush’ to Look at DeepSeek: Analyst

Retired Australian Army Major General Mick Ryan says military organisations will be attracted by DeepSeek’s reportedly low cost, but there are security issues.

The DeepSeek search page is displayed on a mobile phone in front of a laptop screen displaying the Deepseek homepage in London on Jan. 29, 2025. Leon Neal/Getty Images

The release of the DeepSeek-R1 chatbot in the English will have sparked the interest of military and intelligence agencies “across the Western World,” according to one analyst.

Mick Ryan is a retired Australian Army Major General who is now senior fellow for military studies at the Sydney-based Lowy Institute and the Australia Chair for the Center for Strategic and International Studies.