South Korea Suspends DeepSeek App Downloads Over Privacy Concerns

DeepSeek shared user data with TikTok owner ByteDance

South Korea has accused Chinese AI startup DeepSeek of sharing user data with ByteDance. The China-based company is the owner of TikTok. South Korea already removed DeepSeek from app stores over data protection concerns.  DeepSeek said it is cooperating with South Korean officials. Full Story One day after banning DeepSeek in South Korea, officials said the AI chatbot developed by a China-based startup shared user data with ByteDance, the Chines…

DeepSeek AI banned in South Korea - should the US be next?

Korea has banned DeepSeek downloads on iPhone and Android after discovering the AI chatbot sends data to ByteDance.

DeepSeek sending data to TikTok parent company: S Korea

South Korea has claimed that a China-based artificial intelligence startup DeepSeek sent the nation's user data to a third party,

DeepSeek downloads blocked in South Korea

The NewsSouth Korea blocked downloads of Chinese artificial intelligence startup DeepSeek’s chatbot over privacy concerns, as scrutiny grows over China’s burgeoning AI industry.The Chinese large-language model caused a major stir when it was released last month, after investors saw a potential threat to the dominance of the US’ tech giants. However, a government probe by South Korea reportedly found that the AI model had sent personal user data …

Even though it's the current AI, the use of DeepSeek has raised many sensitive issues. The most important is the information collected about users and what they do with it. Then...

South Korea claims DeepSeek transferred data to 3rd party

DeepSeek sent data of South Korean users to ByteDance, parent company of TikTok - Anadolu Ajansı