In Taiwan, all government agencies have been prohibited from using DeepSeek.

Taiwan has prohibited all its government agencies and critical infrastructure service providers from utilizing technologies from the Chinese AI startup DeepSeek, citing security concerns. This was reported by Bloomberg.

In January, DeepSeek launched a new open-source AI platform, raising international alarm due to its competitiveness with leading global AI bots.

While the application has gained popularity, many are wary of its potential cybersecurity implications and the possibility that data and other information collected by the Hangzhou-based company could be shared with the Chinese government.

The Ministry of Digital Technology of Taiwan stated that no official or confidential information should be used for queries to DeepSeek, given its Chinese origin.

“This is a product that poses a threat to national information security,” the ministry's statement read.

It is worth noting that earlier, Italy blocked the Chinese chatbot DeepSeek.

As previously reported by “Judicial and Legal Newspaper,” the Chinese DeepSeek has become the most popular AI application in the United States, surpassing ChatGPT. Following its release, Nvidia's stocks plummeted along with those of other companies.

Additionally, Donald Trump referred to the Chinese DeepSeek as a wake-up call for U.S. technology.

The Dutch privacy service (AP) will initiate an investigation regarding the data collection practices of the Chinese chatbot DeepSeek, following a similar move by the French authorities.