Taiwan says government departments should not use DeepSeek, citing security concerns

Taiwan‘s digital ministry said on Friday that government departments should not use Chinese startup DeepSeek‘s artificial intelligence (AI) service, saying that as the product is from China it represents a security concern.

Democratically-governed Taiwan has long been wary of Chinese tech given Beijing’s sovereignty claims over the island and its military and political threats against the government in Taipei.

In a statement, Taiwan’s Ministry of Digital Affairs said that government departments are not allowed to use DeepSeek’s AI service to “prevent…