IT Home News Digest: CCTV Warns Against AI API Proxies and Domestic Chips Win Procurement
CCTV exposed cheap third-party AI API proxy services for intercepting and reselling sensitive user code and documents, while domestic CPU platforms exclusively won central government laptop procurement contracts. Additionally, Tesla launched the updated Model Y Performance in China for 369,000 RMB, and DeepSeek announced it will continue offering its V4 Pro API beyond mid-September. The exposure highlights severe privacy risks in unauthorized third-party AI middleman services that tamper with local model configurations. Meanwhile, the procurement results mark a major milestone in China's hardware self-reliance strategy by completely replacing Intel and AMD in key government PC supply chains. Five domestic Chinese chip platforms—Zhaoxin, Phytium, Loongson, Hygon, and Kunpeng—secured all 10 procurement packages for central government portable computers. Separately, China updated 3C safety certification rules for power banks, requiring full compliance across all retail units by April 1, 2027.
## BACKGROUND
Third-party AI API proxies often work by altering API endpoints to route user prompts and server responses through unauthorized relay servers, creating security vulnerabilities like payload injection and data logging. Meanwhile, Chinese state agencies have been gradually replacing foreign semiconductor technologies with native instruction sets and domestic microarchitectures.