Seoul, South Korea (AP) – Deepseek, Chinese Artificial Intelligence StartupWhile temporarily suspending downloads of chatbot apps in South Korea, they worked with local governments to address privacy concerns, South Korean officials said Monday.
The South Korean Privacy Commission said that Deepseek’s app was removed from the local version of Apple’s App Store and Google Play on Saturday night, and the company worked with agents to enhance privacy protection before reopening the app. He said he agreed to do so.
This action does not affect users who have already downloaded deepseek on their mobile phones or are using it on their personal computers. Nam Seok, director of the Korea Commission’s investigation department, advised Korean users of DeepSeek to avoid entering personal information into the tool until the issue is resolved.
Deepseek attracted worldwide attention last month when it allegedly built a popular chatbot for just a small fraction of the cost of people created by US companies. The resulting frenzy overcame the market and encouraged debate over competition between the US and China Development of AI technology.
Many Korean government agencies and businesses have either blocked DeepSeek from their networks or have banned employees from using the app for their work, despite concerns about the AI models being collected. Too many confidential information.
The South Korean Privacy Committee, which launched a review of Deepseek’s services last month, discovered that the company lacked transparency regarding third-party data transfers and may have collected excessive personal information, Nam said. said.
Nam said the committee has no estimates on the number of deepscae users in Korea. A recent analysis by WiseApp Retail shows that DeepSeek was used by roughly 1.2 million smartphone users in Korea in the fourth week of January. The second most popular AI model Behind Chatgpt.
