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China is stealing personal data..!? Australia warns.!
The DeepSeek AI that is shaking the world has become the most talked about news in recent days. Due to this, the AI sector has been severely affected in countries including the United States. In that regard, yesterday, there was a huge decline in AI stocks in the indian stock markets and the US stock markets. Meanwhile, if you use this DeepSeek AI, you will be in danger. The Chinese artificial intelligence company DeepSeek has created a stir all over the world. It has also shocked the world's largest AI models, OpenAI's ChatGPT, and semiconductor chip manufacturer Nvidia. The potential of DeepSeek AI is great. But like other Chinese products, questions are being raised about it. Deepseek's privacy policy is increasing people's concerns. If people use AI chatbots on their phones or other devices, it may increase tension. In that way, as soon as someone downloads Deepseek and opens its privacy policy, the first thing that appears is its registration information. It is registered in China. It can collect your personal data. This includes name, date of birth, mobile number, passwords, chat history, etc.
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Meanwhile, Australia’s Science Minister, Ed Husick, has become the first to raise privacy concerns about DeepSeek, a Chinese chatbot that has shaken markets and the tech industry. In that regard, he has repeatedly cited allegations that Chinese tech companies, from huawei to TikTok, are linked to the Chinese state, and that it could lead to people’s data being collected for intelligence purposes. Meanwhile, donald trump has said that DeepSeek is a wake-up call for the US. He said that it does not appear to be a threat to national security and that it would be a good thing if it could be used to cut costs instead.
But DeepSeek has reached the top spot in the app stores in both countries. Market analysts say it has seen 3 million downloads since Sensor Tower launched, 80% of which have come in the past week. That’s three times the rate of competitors like Perplexity AI.