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

DeepSeek, a Chinese artificial intelligence startup, has temporarily paused downloads of its chatbot apps in South Korea ...

South Korea has banned new downloads of China's DeepSeek artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot, according to the country's ...

South Korea suspends DeepSeek AI app downloads over privacy concerns, joining global scrutiny on data security risks linked ...

South Korea becomes the latest country to temporarily suspend new downloads of the Chinese AI app, DeepSeek, due to concerns over its data collection and privacy practices. The suspension will ...

A recent analysis by Wiseapp Retail found that DeepSeek was used by about 1.2 million smartphone users in South Korea during the fourth week of January, emerging as the second-most-popular AI ...

South Korea’s intelligence agency originally raised alarms over the Chinese AI service, accusing DeepSeek of “excessively” collecting personal data and using all user input for training.

South Korea’s data protection authority, the Personal Information Protection Commission (PIPC), has halted downloads of the Chinese AI model DeepSeek R1. The commission is investigating whether ...