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Published on: 06/02/2025 | 00:00:00

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Government agencies in countries including South Korea and Australia have blocked access to DeepSeek’s new AI chatbot programme. All cite “security concerns” about the Chinese technology and a lack of clarity about how users’ personal information is handled by the operator. Last month, deepSeek made headlines after it caused share prices in US tech companies to plummet. DeepSeek’s latest AI programme, GPT-4, cost more than $100m to train. The new programme was released to the public on January 20. Some government agencies are seeking or enacting bans on the AI software for their employees. South Korea A spokesperson for South Korea’s Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy announced on Wednesday that the industry ministry had temporarily prohibited DeepSeek on employees’ devices. This comes after Seoul’s information privacy watchdog, the Personal Information Protection Commission, announced on January 31 that it would send a written request to deepSeek for details about how the personal information of users is managed. Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power, which is run by the South Korean government, said it blocked the use of AI services on its workers’ devices including DeepS Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke said the ban was “to protect Australia’s national security and national interest” Italy On January 30, the Italian Data Protection Authority (Garante) announced that it had ordered “the limitation on processing of Italian users’ data” by DeepSeek because of the lack of information about how deepSeek might use personal data provided by users. Two days before, the Garante had announced it was seeking answers about how users’ data was being stored and handled by the Chinese startup. OpenAI collects personal information such as name and contact information given while registering. This information may also be shared with OpenAI’s affiliates. ABC News cited a report by Ivan Tsarynny, CEO of Feroot Security. Western applications are not perceived as a national security threat by Western governments. In 2023, ChatGPT set off concerns that it had breached the European Union General Data Protection Regulation. On April 1, Italy temporarily blocked the service for all users in the country.

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