South Korea’s spy agency accused China’s AI App Seek for over-collecting personal data and using all input data to train itself, and questioned the app’s answers to questions related to the national pride issue.
The National Intelligence Agency (NIS) said it sent a formal notice to government agencies last week urging them to take security precautions for artificial intelligence applications.
“Unlike other generated AI services, it has been confirmed that chat history is transferable because it contains a feature that collects keyboard input modes that recognize individuals and connect with Chinese companies’ servers,” NIS said in a statement. (such as Volceapplog.com) to communicate. ” is released on Sunday.
Some government departments blocked access to the app, citing joining Australia and Taiwan to warn or impose restrictions on DeepSeek.
NIS said DeepSeek gives advertisers unlimited access to user data and stores Korean users’ data in Chinese servers. The agency added that under Chinese law, the Chinese government can access such information when requested.
NIS notes that DeepSeek also provides different answers to potentially sensitive questions in different languages.
It cites a question, such as asking for the origin of kimchi – Korean spicy, fermented dishes.
New York City said when asked about it in Korean, the app said kimchi was Korean.
It said that the same question was asked in Chinese, saying that the dish originated in China. Reuters confirmed DeepSeek’s answer.
In recent years, the origins of kimchi are sometimes the source of debate between Koreans and Chinese social media users.
DeepSeek is also accused of reviewing answers to political issues such as the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown, which prompted the app to suggest changing the topic: “Let’s talk about other things.”
DeepSeek did not immediately respond to an email request for comment. Asked about South Korean government departments blocking DeepSeek’s actions, a spokesperson for the Chinese Foreign Ministry said in a February 6 briefing that the Chinese government attaches great importance to data privacy and security and has protected it under the law.
The spokesperson also said that Beijing will never require any company or individual to collect or store data in violation of the law.
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