User Data Collection At the heart of the controversy is DeepSeek’s data collection practices. Users have reported that the app requests extensive permissions that may include access to: ...

The latest Grok controversy is revealing not for the extremist outputs, but for how it exposes a fundamental dishonesty in AI ...

South Korea may be the first to formally accuse DeepSeek of illegally sharing users' data with the controversial TikTok owner, but it's not the only country going after the new Chinese AI chatbot ...

Chinese AI startup DeepSeek, which said in January it had developed an AI model to rival ChatGPT at much lower cost, has come under scrutiny in some countries for its security policies and privacy ...

German officials report DeepSeek privacy concerns to Apple and Google, demanding app removal over unlawful data transfers to ...

However, it’s mostly known for the controversies that are piling on. Adding another controversy to the pile, it looks like Microsoft is investigating DeepSeek.

South Korea has accused Chinese AI startup DeepSeek of sharing user data with the owner of TikTok in China.

DeepSeek is under investigation by the House Energy and Commerce Committee over concerns it may share U.S. user data with the CCP or train its AI on American models.

While DeepSeek will have to obtain authorization from South Korean users to transfer data to China, it will still send that data to its home country rather than setting up servers in South Korea.

Apple Inc. and Google’s Android have been warned by a top German privacy regulator that the Chinese AI service DeepSeek, ...

Google and Apple must remove DeepSeek from their app stores, as the AI tool is unlawfully transmitting German users' personal data to China. The Berlin Commissioner ...

South Korea’s data protection watchdog has accused DeepSeek, the Chinese start-up whose artificial intelligence-powered chatbot took the tech scene by storm earlier this year, of transferring ...