Summary
South Korea has banned new downloads of DeepSeek, a Chinese AI chatbot, citing privacy and national security concerns, pending compliance with local data protection laws.
The app, which soared to over a million weekly users, remains accessible to existing users or via its website.
The ban follows similar steps by Taiwan, Australia, and Italy, while the US is considering a federal ban.
DeepSeek has raised global scrutiny around data handling and AI leadership.
It’s a little bit more of a security concern, becuae people are unloading more sensitive information including code to the Chinese database. I agree that there needs to be more security on all apps.
I’m mean yes, that’s not good. But the flaw in any system is the human element. People uploading sensitive materials and using it to write defense contract coding is worrying but not because of Deepseek. We need to increase the scrutiny of those with such sensitive information and access to ensure they are by the book.