South Korea's information privacy watchdog plans to ask DeepSeek about how the personal information of users is managed, an agency official said on Friday.

South Korea will ask Chinese AI startup DeepSeek to clarify how it manages users' personal information, its data watchdog said Friday, joining a number of countries seeking answers. "We intend to submit our request in writing as early as Friday to obtain information about how DeepSeek handles personal data,

South Koreas Personal Information Protection Commission (PIPC) is set to question DeepSeek, a Chinese artificial intelligence model, on how it manages user data, an official confirmed Friday. The privacy watchdog plans