DeepSeek has already been banned in a few nations, and many more could follow
The first legal hurdles are beginning to emerge in the DeepSeek boom. Chinese AI has raised concerns about potential data leaks and serious cyber espionage risks.
Australia has been a pioneer in putting up legal barriers. The Oceanian nation has imposed certain restrictions on various Chinese technologies recently, and this time it’s the turn of the popular DeepSeek. The main reason behind this is the lack of transparency on the part of the Asian chatbot when it comes to demonstrating its transparency regarding data handling.
The Australian government has decided to ban DeepSeek on all devices that are associated with government activity. The risk to data processing has led the company to consider DeepSeek an unacceptable risk to the security of its IT infrastructure. AI is now more than ever at the center of digital transformation around the world, which is why the Chinese company has tried to calm things down. DeepSeek claims that it “meets security standards,” but experts have nonetheless determined that the risks are real and potential.
This ban has not gone unnoticed in the digital environment around the world. It may mean that those who are most reluctant to use this technology will take the final step towards banning it. The world’s major Anglo-Saxon powers, the United Kingdom, Canada, and the United States, are already considering following suit with their Pacific ally. And it wouldn’t be the first time they’ve done so with Chinese-made technology, as we mentioned earlier.
And if we talk about Europe, the debate about regulating artificial intelligence in the European Union is more heated than ever. This represents an approach towards some restrictions in the future.