New Delhi:
India’s finance ministry has requested its staff 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.
Nations like Australia and Italy have positioned comparable restrictions on using DeepSeek, citing knowledge safety dangers. Reviews 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 because of meet the IT minister.
“It has been decided that AI instruments and AI apps (similar to ChatGPT, DeepSeek and many others.) 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 be aware was real and the be aware was issued internally this week.
Reuters couldn’t instantly affirm whether or not comparable directives have been issued for different Indian ministries.
OpenAI is going through warmth in India because 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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