User Data Collection At the heart of the controversy is DeepSeek’s data collection practices. Users have reported that the app requests extensive permissions that may include access to: ...

South Korea may be the first to formally accuse DeepSeek of illegally sharing users' data with the controversial TikTok owner, but it's not the only country going after the new Chinese AI chatbot ...

The Czech government has banned the country's public administration from using any of the services of Chinese AI startup ...

German officials report DeepSeek privacy concerns to Apple and Google, demanding app removal over unlawful data transfers to ...

Chinese AI startup DeepSeek, which said in January it had developed an AI model to rival ChatGPT at much lower cost, has come under scrutiny in some countries for its security policies and privacy ...

The latest Grok controversy is revealing not for the extremist outputs, but for how it exposes a fundamental dishonesty in AI development.

While DeepSeek will have to obtain authorization from South Korean users to transfer data to China, it will still send that data to its home country rather than setting up servers in South Korea.

Apple Inc. and Google’s Android have been warned by a top German privacy regulator that the Chinese AI service DeepSeek, ...

DeepSeek is facing a potential ban from app stores in Germany due to illegal transfers of user data to China.

DeepSeek is under investigation by the House Energy and Commerce Committee over concerns it may share U.S. user data with the CCP or train its AI on American models.

Google and Apple must remove DeepSeek from their app stores, as the AI tool is unlawfully transmitting German users' personal data to China. The Berlin Commissioner ...

South Korea’s data protection watchdog has accused DeepSeek, the Chinese start-up whose artificial intelligence-powered chatbot took the tech scene by storm earlier this year, of transferring ...