Deepseek, a Chinese artificial intelligence startup, has temporarily stopped the downloads of its chatbot applications in South Korea while working with local authorities to address privacy concerns, according to South Korean officials on Monday on Monday
Seoul, South Korea – Deepseek, a Chinese artificial intelligence startup, has temporarily stopped the downloads of its Chatbot applications in South Korea while working with local authorities to address privacy concerns, according to South Korean officials on Monday.
The South Korean Personal Information Protection Commission said that Deepseek applications were eliminated from the local Apple’s App Store and Google Play versions on Saturday night and that the company agreed to work with the agency to strengthen privacy protections Before relaunching applications.
The action does not affect users who have already downloaded Deekseek on their phones or use it on personal computers. NAM Seok, director of the Investigation Division of the South Korean Commission, advised South Korean users of Deepseek to eliminate the application of their devices or avoid entering personal information in the tool until the problems are solved.
Many agencies and government companies of South Korea have blocked Depseek from their networks or prohibited employees from using the application for work, amid the concerns that the AI model was collecting too much confidential information.
The Privacy Commission of South Korea, which began reviewing Depseek services last month, discovered that the company lacked transparency on third -party data transfers and excessive personal information potentially collected, NAM said.
NAM said the commission did not have an estimate on the number of Spekseek users in South Korea. A recent Wisepp Retail analysis discovered that Depseek was used by approximately 1.2 million smartphone users in South Korea during the fourth week of January, emerging as the second most popular AI model behind Chatgpt.
