Downloads of DeepSeek's AI apps paused in South Korea over privacy concerns

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  South Korea suspends new downloads of DeepSeek, citing privacy concerns

  South Korea’s data protection authority said new downloads of the Chinese AI app DeepSeek had been suspended in the country over data privacy concerns.
  
  NBC News - 2d
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  S Korea removes Deepseek from app stores over privacy concerns

  App stores in South Korea have removed DeepSeek over concerns about how it manages users' data.
  
  BBC News - 2d
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  South Korea Bans Downloads of DeepSeek, the Chinese A.I. App

  Regulators said they would suspend the app until they could be sure it complied with the country’s data protection laws.
  
  The New York Times - 2d

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  Former South Korea international Hwang Ui-jo was handed a one-year suspended prison sentence on Friday for filming sexual encounters with a woman without her consent.
  
  ESPN - 4d
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  House lawmakers push to ban AI app DeepSeek from US government devices

  Lawmakers in the House are proposing to ban the Chinese artificial intelligence app DeepSeek from U.S. government devices
  
  ABC News - Feb. 6
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  PIN AI launches mobile app letting you make your own personalized, private DeepSeek or Llama-powered AI model on your phone

  PIN AI told VentureBeat they will make money by charging transaction fees for other AI agents to access users' information.
  
  VentureBeat - 6d
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  Starmer chooses AI security over ‘woke’ safety concerns to align with Trump

  UK government switches strategy on AI regulation in hope of better ties with new US administration
  
  Financial Times - 5d
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  French AI startup Mistral launches Le Chat mobile app for iPhone, Android — can it take enterprise eyes off DeepSeek?

  With the new Le Chat app, Mistral is still positioning itself as a viable alternative to OpenAI's signature chatbot ChatGPT and to DeepSeek.
  
  VentureBeat - Feb. 6

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