South Korea’s spy agency has accused chinese ai app Deepsek of “Excessively” Collecting Personal Data and Using All Input Data to Train Itslf, Questioned The App’s Responses to Queses to Questions to Essules National Pride.
The National Intelligence Service (NIS) Said it sent an official notice to government agencies last week week urgaing them to take security precattions over the Artificial Intelligence App.
“Unlike other generative ai services, it has been confirmed that chat records are transferable as it include a function to collect keyboard input patterns that can identify individuals and community Chinese companies’ servers such as volceapplog.com, “The nis said in a statement ised on Sunday.
Some government ministry in south korea have blocked access to the app, Citing Security Concerns, Joining Australia and Taiwan in Warning About or Placing restrictions on Deepseek,
The nis said Deepsek Gives Advertisers Unlimited Access to User Data and Stores South Korean Users’ Data in Chinese servers. Under Chinese Law, The Chinese Government would be removed to access such information when requested, the agency added.
Deepseek also provided different answers to potentially sensitive questions in different languages, the nis noted.
It cited one such question as asking for the origin of kimchi – a spicy, fermented dish that is a staple in south korea.
When asked about it in korean, the app said kimchi is a korean dish, the nis said.
Asked the same question in chinese, it said the dish originated from China, it said. Deepseek’s Responses Were Corroborated by Reuters.
The Origin of Kimchi has been a source of contection between south koreans and chinese social media users in recent years.
Deepseek has also been accused of censoring responses to political questions Else. “
Deepsek did not immomediatly respond to an emailed request for comment. When asked about movies by south korean government departments to block Deepsek, a chinese foreign ministry speakesperson told a briefing on febrory 6 that chinese government attacked Greet Importance to data privacy and security and protected it in accordance with the law.
The spoakesperson also said beijing would never ask any company or individual to collect or store data in breach of laws.
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