AP: Czech Republic bans government use of Chinese DeepSeek AI for security concerns
AP reported on July 10 that the Czech government announced a complete ban on all products of Chinese AI company DeepSeek in the public administration sector. Prime Minister Petr Fiala stated that this move was based on an emergency warning from the national cybersecurity agency, which believes that DeepSeek may lead to unauthorized access to user data due to its need to comply with requests from Chinese official institutions.
The Czech ban continues its tradition of restricting Chinese technology companies: In 2018, the country had previously disabled Huawei and ZTE's telecommunications equipment on the grounds of security threats. Currently, Italy and Australia have taken similar measures, with Italy being the first to block DeepSeek's chatbot service in January 2025.
Public information shows that DeepSeek was established in 2023, headquartered in Hangzhou, China, and launched its first large language model the same year. Although its products rapidly captured the market with low-price strategies, recent user activity has significantly declined - the global market share dropped from a peak of 8% in January 2025 to 4.5% by May, mainly due to response delays and the stagnation of new model development caused by U.S. chip export restrictions.
Czech cybersecurity experts pointed out in an assessment report: "The national administrative system involves a large amount of sensitive data, and any technical solution with the risk of third-party forced access must be ruled out." To this, DeepSeek has not made a public response yet.
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