Korea has officially put on hold fresh installations of the Chinese AI chatbot DeepSeek in its territory until the service modifies its mobile applications to adhere to data safeguard rules.
Korea has officially put on hold fresh installations of the Chinese AI chatbot DeepSeek in its territory until the service modifies its mobile applications to adhere to data safeguard rules. Downloads have been ceased starting from 15th February 2025 at 6:00 p.m. local time, as per an announcement from the Personal Information Protection Commission (PIPC). The online service is still accessible
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