South Korea's spy agency has accused Chinese AI app DeepSeek of "excessively" collecting personal data and using all input data to train itself, and questioned the app's responses to questions relating to issues of national pride.

Several government ministries in South Korea have restricted access to DeepSeek due to security concerns, aligning with similar warnings and restrictions issued by Australia and Taiwan.

South Korea’s intelligence agency has raised alarms over the potential national security risks posed by DeepSeek, the Chinese artificial intelligence app. The National Intelligence Service (NIS) has warned government bodies about the app’s data collection methods,