Canada Bans DeepSeek Chatbot Application on Government Devices
The logo of the DeepSeek artificial intelligence app on a mobile phone.
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The Canadian federal government suppressed a chatbot application released last month by Chinese software company DeepSeek.
“Due to serious privacy concerns associated with the inappropriate collection and retention of sensitive personal information, and as a precautionary measure to protect government networks and data, it is recommended that departments and agencies restrict the use of the DeepSeek chatbot on government devices,” Chief Information Officer Dominic Rochon wrote to federal government departments in an email seen by Bloomberg.