The Secretary of the Department of Home Affairs issued a compulsory path for all authorities entities to “forestall the use or set up of DeepSeek merchandise, functions and net companies and the place discovered take away all current situations of DeepSeek merchandise, functions and net companies from all Australian Government techniques and gadgets,” the assertion stated.
Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke stated DeepSeek posed an “unacceptable danger” to authorities know-how and the instant ban was “to guard Australia’s nationwide safety and nationwide curiosity,” a number of Australian media retailers reported on Tuesday night.
The ban doesn’t prolong to gadgets of personal residents.
Tech shares worldwide plunged after the launch of DeepSeek final month – apparently costing a fraction of rival AI fashions and requiring much less subtle chips – raised questions over the West’s enormous investments in chipmakers and knowledge centres.
Australia’s determination to ban Deepseek follows related motion in Italy, whereas different international locations in Europe and elsewhere are additionally trying into the AI agency.
Taiwan banned authorities departments from utilizing DeepSeek earlier this week.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’ authorities imposed a government-wide ban on Chinese social media app TikTok two years in the past over safety issues.
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