DeepSeek took the U.S. by storm this week: the Chinese firm’s chatbot rose to the highest of the Apple and Play shops, whereas main U.S. cloud suppliers like Microsoft started providing it on their platforms.
But “a whole bunch” of corporations – particularly ones with ties to authorities – have blocked the service, Bloomberg reported primarily based on interviews with executives from cybersecurity companies Armis and Netskope.
“The largest concern is the AI mannequin’s potential knowledge leakage to the Chinese authorities,” Armis’ CTO Nadir Izrael mentioned.
Bloomberg Law individually reported {that a} San Francisco legislation agency, Fox Rothschild, has blocked DeepSeek as effectively.
According to DeepSeek’s privateness coverage, the corporate shops all consumer knowledge in China, the place native legal guidelines mandate corporations share knowledge with intelligence businesses upon request.
The Pentagon has simply began blocking DeepSeek, whereas the Navy banned it final week.
