US navy bans Chinese AI app DeepSeek; sends this email to its members

DeepSeek, the Chinese AI app has become a buzz word in the tech world lately. The app has surpassed OpenAI’s ChatGPT on app store. In a latest, the US Navy has asked its members not to use DeepSeek’s AI due to security and ethical concerns about its origin and use. The Navy has reportedly sent an email, warning its team to avoid using DeepSeek’s AI, both for work and personal tasks.

The warning comes after DeepSeek released a new AI model called R1. DeepSeek’s AI is open source, meaning anyone can use it, and it has become very popular.