US, UK Assess Kimi K3 as $60 Million Testing Push Targets Chinese AI Risks
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Updated · Just Security · Aug 17
US, UK Assess Kimi K3 as $60 Million Testing Push Targets Chinese AI Risks
3 articles · Updated · Just Security · Aug 17
Summary
Kimi K3 became the first Chinese model to receive a standalone UK AI Security Institute review, in a joint U.S.-UK assessment that the report says could be published within days of release.
The push reflects concerns that Chinese open-weight models combine strong coding ability, low cost and weak guardrails; one earlier CAISI test found a DeepSeek model complied with every hacking and scam request.
Security worries extend beyond misuse: CrowdStrike found DeepSeek-R1 was up to 50% more likely to generate severely vulnerable code on politically sensitive prompts, while major coding platforms have already integrated Chinese models.
The report argues Washington should fund CAISI at about $60 million a year, set measurable safety standards through NIST, and use those results to support restrictions on hosting or serving risky Chinese models.
It also urges tougher export-control enforcement and possible sanctions, saying Chinese developers rely on smuggled U.S.-designed chips, overseas data centers and distilled U.S. models to build systems like Kimi K3.