The Chinese government has criticized Australia for prohibiting the Chinese application of DEEPSEEK artificial intelligence chatbot on government devices.
The federal government has chosen to ban the application after being noted to present national security risks.
In a statement released Wednesday evening by the Chinese Foreign Ministry, this decision was described as the “politicization of economic, commercial and technological issues”, which Beijing said it is opposed.
China also strongly denied that the application was used to collect data.
“The Chinese government … has never forced and never forced companies or people to collect or illegally store data,” the statement said.
Under the Australian ban revealed Tuesday, all government organizations, with the exception of business organizations like Australia Post and ABC, will be forced to withdraw all the deep products from their devices immediately.
They will also have to block access to Deepseek products and report to the government when they have finished it, although employees can use the program on their personal devices.
According to the government, the decision follows the councils of the national security and intelligence agencies which determined that the platform posed “an unacceptable risk for the technology of the Australian government”.
South Korea temporarily prohibits Deepseek
South Korea has also revealed that it would result in a temporary ban on the use of Deekseek due to security problems, according to the country’s ministry of industry.
The South Korean government on Tuesday published an opinion on Tuesday calling on ministries and agencies to be cautious about the use of AI services, including Deepseek and Chatgpt at work, officials said.
Korea of the Hydro & Nuclear Power state said that it had blocked the use of AI services, especially Deepseek at the beginning of the month.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has limited access to Deepseek in computers who connect to external networks, said the Yonhap news agency. The ministry said that he could not confirm specific security measures.
The ban on South Korea last government to warn Deepseek, after the treasurer Jim Chalmers last month called on Australians to be careful when using the Chinese AI model.
US officials also examine the implications of national security in Deepseek.
The private life watchdog for South Korea plans to ask Deepseek how the personal information of users is managed.
Deepseek’s launch of its latest AI models last month sent shock waves to the world of technology. The company claims that its models are tied with or better than the products developed in the United States and are produced at a fraction of the cost.
The technology giant Kakao Corp, said its employees to refrain from using Deepseek due to security fears, said a company spokesman on Wednesday after the company announced its Partnership with the heavyweight OPENAI of generative artificial intelligence.
Korean technological companies now pay attention to the use of generative AI. SK Hynix, a manufacturer of AI chips, has restricted access to generative AI services and has allowed limited use if necessary, a spokesperson said.
Internet giant Naver said that they had asked employees not to use generative AI services that store data outside the company.
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