Australia bans DeepSeek on government devices over security concerns
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Australia has banned DeepSeek from all government devices over concerns that the Chinese artificial intelligence startup behind it poses security risks, the government said Tuesday.
Australia has banned DeepSeek from all government devices over concerns that the Chinese artificial intelligence startup behind it poses security risks, the government said Tuesday. The Secretary of the Department of Home Affairs issued a mandatory direction for all government entities to “prevent the use or installation of DeepSeek products, applications and web services and, where found, remove all existing instances of DeepSeek products, applications and web services from all Australian government systems and devices,” the statement said. Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke said DeepSeek posed an “unacceptable risk” to government technology and the immediate ban was “to protect Australia’s national security and national interest,” several Australian media outlets reported Tuesday evening. The ban does not extend to devices of private citizens. Tech stocks worldwide plunged after the launch of DeepSeek’s latest AI model last month — apparently costing a fraction of rival AI models and requiring less-sophisticated chips — raised questions over the West’s huge investments in chipmakers and data centers. Australia’s decision to ban DeepSeek follows similar action in Italy, while other countries in Europe and elsewhere are also looking into the AI firm.
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