The agency said that before DeepSeek's chatbot was removed from app stores in South Korea, the company was transferring user data to firms in China and the U.S. without consent. The findings were ...

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's spy agency has accused Chinese AI app DeepSeek of "excessively" collecting personal data and using all input data to train itself, and questioned the app's responses to ...

The ban comes as DeepSeek faces growing global scrutiny, with authorities in Australia and Ireland also probing its handling of user data. Meanwhile, Italy has imposed a full ban on the chatbot after ...

In a media briefing held Monday, the South Korean Personal Information Protection Commission indicated that it had paused new downloads within the country of Chinese AI startup DeepSeek’s mobile app.

DeepSeek became a viral sensation a few weeks ago when it was revealed that a reasoning AI could be as good as ChatGPT o1 without access to high-end hardware that US AI firms get. Chinese startups ...

DeepSeek, the massively popular Chinese AI assistant, has been temporarily unavailable from app stores in South Korea since February 15. A press release from the country’s data protection authority, ...

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's data protection authority on Monday said new downloads of the Chinese AI app DeepSeek had been suspended in the country after DeepSeek acknowledged failing to take into ...

South Korea is the latest governing body to restrict the Chinese company DeepSeek based on the company's data policies. South Korean officials on Saturday announced a temporary suspension of ...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — DeepSeek, a Chinese artificial intelligence startup, has temporarily paused downloads of its chatbot apps in South Korea while it works with local authorities to address ...

South Korea’s personal data protection watchdog has announced that downloads of the popular Chinese artificial intelligence app DeepSeek have been banned in the country. The Personal Information ...

SEOUL, South Korea — DeepSeek, a Chinese artificial intelligence startup, has temporarily paused downloads of its chatbot apps in South Korea while it works with local authorities to address privacy ...