India’s Finance Ministry, citing confidentiality risks, issued a directive prohibiting its officers from using AI tools like DeepSeek and ChatGPT on government computers.
Digital Desk: Multiple nations including India restricted use of new Chinese AI tool DeepSeek leading China to present objections about this action as menacing political interference in trade and technology matters. During a press conference Guo Jiakun stated both China opposes trade and tech politicization while defending the scope of such actions as excessive. The representative emphasized that China never requests anyone to break data protection laws through their operations despite national intelligence law concerns.
The Indian Finance Ministry implemented a policy that restricted government officers from utilizing AI tools like DeepSeek together with ChatGPT on official institution computers because of confidentiality concerns. The ministry warned about exposing critical state information because it demanded office departments to stay away from these apps. These restrictions parallel interventions from South Korea that cut off DeepSeek from public service while Italy together with Australia and Japan and the United States enforced limitations on accessing the tool for their government officials.
Deepseek has attracted global attention due to its low-cost model-priced at just USD 6 million, and it stands significantly below the normal AI production expenses of billions of dollars. The R1 version operates on minimal processing requirements that surpass the requirements of the established AI model known as ChatGPT. DeepSeek surpassed ChatGPT to become the top free application in Apple's App Store thus astonishing the American tech industry with its exponential growth. The affordable and efficient characteristics of the tool face ongoing international scrutiny regarding data privacy and security issues.
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