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.
Is deepseek running off of any local servers in Europe or Canada? It’s superior to chatgpt, but painfully slow to run locally.