DeepSeek’s service terms explicitly state that it stores the user data on Chinese servers and it also governs the data under the Chinese law. That also mandates cooperation with the country’s intelligence agencies.
Bloomberg reported
That didn’t stop the US Department of Defense workers from getting caught up in the DeepSeek hype this week. This also going to connect the work computers to the chines servers by using the services for at least two days.
According to Bloomberg, the Pentagon has begun restricting access to DeepSeek on certain networks, though some staff members are still able to use the service.
The U.S. government is engaging with national security concerns arising from the rising popularity of the Chinese AI chatbot. Deepseek has now reached the top of both the Apple and Play stores in the U.S.
On January 24, CNBC reported that the U.S. Navy banned employees from using DeepSeek due to security and ethical issues.
