Centre Asks Staff To Keep away from AI Instruments Like ChatGPT, DeepSeek: Report

Centre Asks Staff To Keep away from AI Instruments Like ChatGPT, DeepSeek: Report


New Delhi:

India’s finance ministry has requested its workers to keep away from utilizing AI instruments together with ChatGPT and DeepSeek for official functions, citing dangers posed to confidentiality of presidency paperwork and knowledge, an inner division advisory confirmed.

International locations like Australia and Italy have positioned related restrictions on the usage of DeepSeek, citing knowledge safety dangers. Studies of the advisory surfaced on social media on Tuesday, forward of a scheduled go to to India by OpenAI chief Sam Altman on Wednesday, when he’s additionally as a result of meet the IT minister.

“It has been decided that AI instruments and AI apps (reminiscent of ChatGPT, DeepSeek and so forth.) within the workplace computer systems and units pose dangers for confidentiality of (authorities) knowledge and paperwork,” mentioned the advisory by the Indian finance ministry dated Jan. 29.

Representatives for India’s finance ministry, ChatGPT-parent OpenAI and DeepSeek didn’t instantly reply to requests for remark.

Three finance ministry officers mentioned the observe was real and the observe was issued internally this week.

Reuters couldn’t instantly verify whether or not related directives have been issued for different Indian ministries.

OpenAI is going through warmth in India as a result of a high-profile copyright infringement battle with the nation’s prime media homes, and has mentioned in courtroom filings that it doesn’t have its servers within the nation and Indian courts shouldn’t hear the matter.

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