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South Koreas Personal Information Protection Commission (PIPC) has temporarily halted new downloads of Chinese-owned AIchatbotDeepSeek.
The PIPC found DeepSeek had transferred the data of South Korean users to ByteDance - TikToks parent company.
TikTok, as many will remember well - wasbriefly banned in the USover privacy and security concerns.
DeepSeek isnt the first AI model to come under scrutiny for privacy concerns.
Using AI safely
Sois DeepSeek safe to use?
And can it be used whilst maintaining your privacy?
Well there are things you could do to mitigate the risks.
A general rule is that users should be especially careful with the information you give to a chatbot.
