The Indian government, particularly the Finance Ministry under FM Nirmala Sitharaman, has asked its officials to stop using AI tools, including the likes of ChatGPT and DeepSeek, on their devices.
Use of AI Tools To Stop?
This comes at a time when the surge in the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) has increased significantly in the recent past. And AI has once again become the buzzword, thanks to the advancement of the Chinese AI system DeepSeek AI.
The Indian government has cited risks posed to the confidentiality of government documents and information.
The Indian government, particularly the Finance Ministry under FM Nirmala Sitharaman, has asked its officials to stop using AI tools, including the likes of ChatGPT and DeepSeek, on their devices. | PTI
Threat To Security
The ministry issued an advisory, dated January 29, in which the government said, "It has been determined that AI tools and AI apps (such as ChatGPT, DeepSeek etc.) in the office computers and devices pose risks for confidentiality of (government) data and documents."
This comes at a time when OpenAI and DeepSeek have been engaged in a battle of supremacy.
In addition to that, OpenAI, the Sam Altman-led company, which according to many is the leading company in the field, is itself embroiled in myriad controversies.
It has been engaged in many copyright battles with various organisations, which also includes many news organisations.
While many international publications have sued OpenAI for copyright infringement, as it allgeadly used data sets to train its AI models, Indian news agency, ANI has also sued OpenAI in the Delhi HC.
The likes of Nvidia, AMD and ASML also saw their fortunes waver in the span of the past week, as their stocks plunged, thanks to the uncertainty induced by DeepSeek. |
DeepSeek Storm
India is not alone, as previously countries like Australia and Italy have placed similar prohibitions on the use of AI tools, citing security risks.
These developments come barely a week after DeepSeek and its exploits gave Wall Street and many companies, who are a part of the AI revolution a shock therapy.
The likes of Nvidia, AMD and ASML also saw their fortunes waver in the span of the past week, as their stocks plunged, thanks to the uncertainty induced by DeepSeek.
