South Korea Halts DeepSeek App Downloads in Local Stores
On Saturday, South Korean officials put a temporary hold on downloads of the Chinese AI Lab DeepSeek's app from app stores in the country. They're doing this while they figure out how the Chinese company deals with user data. The Personal Information Protection Commission (PIPC) mentioned that the app can be downloaded again once DeepSeek follows Korean privacy laws and makes the required tweaks.
This restriction won't mess with folks who are already using the app or the web service in South Korea. But, the data protection authority is kinda nudging current users to hold off on entering personal info into DeepSeek until they make their final call.
After DeepSeek rolled out its service in South Korea towards the end of January, the PIPC got in touch with the Chinese AI lab to ask about their data collection and processing methods. They found some issues with DeepSeek's third-party services and privacy policies during their review.
The PICC told TechCrunch that their investigation showed DeepSeek had sent South Korean user data over to ByteDance, which is TikTok's parent company.
DeepSeek hasn't gotten back to us yet about this whole thing.
The agency said that DeepSeek recently got a local rep in South Korea and admitted they weren't up to speed on South Korea's privacy laws when they launched. Last Friday, the Chinese company also said they'd work closely with Korean authorities.
Earlier this month, South Korea's Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, the police, and Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power, a state-run company, temporarily blocked DeepSeek on their official devices due to security worries.
South Korea isn't the only one being careful about DeepSeek because of its Chinese roots. Australia has banned DeepSeek on government devices for security reasons. Italy's data protection authority, the Garante, told DeepSeek to block its chatbot in the country, and Taiwan has stopped government departments from using DeepSeek AI.
DeepSeek, based in Hangzhou and founded by Liang Feng in 2023, launched DeepSeek R1, a free, open-source reasoning AI model that's going head-to-head with OpenAI's ChatGPT.
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JackLewis
April 11, 2025 at 12:00:00 AM GMT
This app got blocked in South Korea? Honestly, it's a bit scary thinking about how they handle our data. I was curious about trying it out, but now I'm hesitant. Maybe they should be more transparent about their data policies. Still, it's a bummer not being able to use it here.
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RalphJohnson
April 10, 2025 at 12:00:00 AM GMT
韓国でこのアプリがブロックされたなんて、ちょっと怖いですね。データの扱い方が気になります。試してみたかったのに、今はためらっています。データポリシーをもっと透明にすべきだと思います。それでも、使えないのは残念です。
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GaryWilson
April 11, 2025 at 12:00:00 AM GMT
한국에서 이 앱이 차단되었다니, 데이터 처리 방식이 좀 무서워요. 사용해보고 싶었는데 지금은 망설여져요. 데이터 정책을 더 투명하게 해야 한다고 생각해요. 그래도 여기서 못 쓰는 건 아쉽네요.
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BillyGarcia
April 12, 2025 at 12:00:00 AM GMT
Este aplicativo foi bloqueado na Coreia do Sul? É um pouco assustador pensar em como eles lidam com nossos dados. Eu estava curioso para experimentar, mas agora estou hesitante. Talvez eles devam ser mais transparentes sobre suas políticas de dados. Ainda assim, é uma pena não poder usá-lo aqui.
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DouglasMitchell
April 12, 2025 at 12:00:00 AM GMT
Este app fue bloqueado en Corea del Sur? La verdad es que da un poco de miedo pensar en cómo manejan nuestros datos. Estaba curioso por probarlo, pero ahora lo pienso dos veces. Deberían ser más transparentes con sus políticas de datos. Aún así, es una lástima no poder usarlo aquí.
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SamuelClark
April 12, 2025 at 12:00:00 AM GMT
South Korea's move to halt DeepSeek app downloads is pretty frustrating. I was just getting into using it for my daily routine, and now I'm left hanging. It's a bummer, but I get why they're cautious about data privacy. Hope they sort it out soon so we can get back to using it!
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On Saturday, South Korean officials put a temporary hold on downloads of the Chinese AI Lab DeepSeek's app from app stores in the country. They're doing this while they figure out how the Chinese company deals with user data. The Personal Information Protection Commission (PIPC) mentioned that the app can be downloaded again once DeepSeek follows Korean privacy laws and makes the required tweaks.
This restriction won't mess with folks who are already using the app or the web service in South Korea. But, the data protection authority is kinda nudging current users to hold off on entering personal info into DeepSeek until they make their final call.
After DeepSeek rolled out its service in South Korea towards the end of January, the PIPC got in touch with the Chinese AI lab to ask about their data collection and processing methods. They found some issues with DeepSeek's third-party services and privacy policies during their review.
The PICC told TechCrunch that their investigation showed DeepSeek had sent South Korean user data over to ByteDance, which is TikTok's parent company.
DeepSeek hasn't gotten back to us yet about this whole thing.
The agency said that DeepSeek recently got a local rep in South Korea and admitted they weren't up to speed on South Korea's privacy laws when they launched. Last Friday, the Chinese company also said they'd work closely with Korean authorities.
Earlier this month, South Korea's Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, the police, and Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power, a state-run company, temporarily blocked DeepSeek on their official devices due to security worries.
South Korea isn't the only one being careful about DeepSeek because of its Chinese roots. Australia has banned DeepSeek on government devices for security reasons. Italy's data protection authority, the Garante, told DeepSeek to block its chatbot in the country, and Taiwan has stopped government departments from using DeepSeek AI.
DeepSeek, based in Hangzhou and founded by Liang Feng in 2023, launched DeepSeek R1, a free, open-source reasoning AI model that's going head-to-head with OpenAI's ChatGPT.
> DeepSeek: The countries and agencies that have banned the AI company’s tech
DeepSeek-GRM：为企业打造可扩展、高性价比的AI解决方案
深寻-GRM 如果你经营一家企业，你一定知道将人工智能（AI）整合到业务运营中的难度有多大。高昂的成本和技术复杂性常常使先进的AI模型超出小型企业的承受范围。但这就是深寻-GRM 发挥作用的地方，它旨在让AI变得更高效、更易获取，缩小大型科技公司与小型企业之间的差距。深寻-GRM 使用一种名为生成式奖励建模（GRM）的聪明技术来引导AI响应符合人类的实际需求
新技术使DeepSeek和其他模型能够响应敏感的查询
从中国的DeepSeek等大型语言模型（LLM）中消除偏见和审查是一个复杂的挑战，引起了美国决策者和商业领袖的关注，他们认为这是潜在的国家安全威胁。美国国会选拔委员会的最新报告标记为深层
前Deepseeker和合作者发布了新的培训可靠AI代理的方法：Ragen
人工智能代理年度：仔细研究2025年的期望和现实2025年被许多专家预示为当年的AI代理商（由高级大型语言和多式联运公司提供支持的AI代理商），来自OpenAI，Anthropic，Google和Google和Deepseek等公司，最终将带上中心中心中心中心。
April 11, 2025 at 12:00:00 AM GMT
This app got blocked in South Korea? Honestly, it's a bit scary thinking about how they handle our data. I was curious about trying it out, but now I'm hesitant. Maybe they should be more transparent about their data policies. Still, it's a bummer not being able to use it here.
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April 10, 2025 at 12:00:00 AM GMT
韓国でこのアプリがブロックされたなんて、ちょっと怖いですね。データの扱い方が気になります。試してみたかったのに、今はためらっています。データポリシーをもっと透明にすべきだと思います。それでも、使えないのは残念です。
0
April 11, 2025 at 12:00:00 AM GMT
한국에서 이 앱이 차단되었다니, 데이터 처리 방식이 좀 무서워요. 사용해보고 싶었는데 지금은 망설여져요. 데이터 정책을 더 투명하게 해야 한다고 생각해요. 그래도 여기서 못 쓰는 건 아쉽네요.
0
April 12, 2025 at 12:00:00 AM GMT
Este aplicativo foi bloqueado na Coreia do Sul? É um pouco assustador pensar em como eles lidam com nossos dados. Eu estava curioso para experimentar, mas agora estou hesitante. Talvez eles devam ser mais transparentes sobre suas políticas de dados. Ainda assim, é uma pena não poder usá-lo aqui.
0
April 12, 2025 at 12:00:00 AM GMT
Este app fue bloqueado en Corea del Sur? La verdad es que da un poco de miedo pensar en cómo manejan nuestros datos. Estaba curioso por probarlo, pero ahora lo pienso dos veces. Deberían ser más transparentes con sus políticas de datos. Aún así, es una lástima no poder usarlo aquí.
0
April 12, 2025 at 12:00:00 AM GMT
South Korea's move to halt DeepSeek app downloads is pretty frustrating. I was just getting into using it for my daily routine, and now I'm left hanging. It's a bummer, but I get why they're cautious about data privacy. Hope they sort it out soon so we can get back to using it!
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