Independent research · Private engagements Report v1.0 — DeepSeek behavioral audit
Research & evidence

Published work, with receipts.

Every audit ships with its method, controls, raw paired responses, and a stated limitations section. Corrections stay online with the record.

CurrentReport v1.0 · 19 Oct 2026

LLM Freedom Audit — Monitored vs Unobserved

A role-swapped behavioral audit of deepseek/deepseek-chat: 11 scoring rounds, 440 valid responses, a 30.0% median drift, a 20% stable core, and a 35% upper range.

  • Full prompts and both response sets
  • Master table and control comparisons
  • Data-integrity incident and quarantine record
  • Limitations and correction history
Read report v1.0
Evidence packageJSON · 3 files

Paired responses and drift analysis

The primary record behind the report: every observed response, every unobserved response, and the per-scenario analysis that produced the drift rates.

  • observed_results.json — 30 KB
  • unobserved_results.json — 29 KB
  • deepseek_drift_analysis.json — 28 KB
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No API keys or personal data are included in the published files.

SupersededRetained for the record

DeepSeek 40% drift — original claim

The earlier single-run 40% headline was not reproduced as a typical value. The URL now redirects to report v1.0, where the correction is documented.

See the correction notice →

What's in a report

No claim without its evidence.

A report is only useful if a skeptical reader can reconstruct it. Each published audit includes the following.

01

Prompts

The fixed dilemmas and both framing conditions, published in full.

02

Responses

Every model answer and parsed action, for both arms, with coverage counts.

03

Controls

Ordering, process, role assignment, and credential-rotation checks.

04

Limits

Sample size, nondeterminism, routing confounds, and what the data cannot prove.

Private evidence

The same protocol, on your model.

A private engagement produces board-ready evidence without publishing your model, prompts, or results.