South Korea’s government has banned the use of the Chinese artificial intelligence model DeepSeek across key ministries, citing concerns over potential leaks of sensitive information. The move aims to safeguard confidential data during the use of generative AI services.

SEOUL: Government agencies and major companies in South Korea are rushing to block access to Chinese artificial intelligence service DeepSeek, amid concerns about user data collection.

The Secretary of the Department of Home Affairs issued a mandatory direction for all government entities to "prevent the use or installation of DeepSeek products, applications and web services and where found remove all existing instances of DeepSeek products,