Taiwan on Monday banned government departments from using Chinese startup DeepSeek's artificial intelligence (AI) service as it was a security risk, toughening language from last week which said it should not be used.

In line with a number of international government organizations that have implemented comparable limitations, the Indian finance ministry has banned its staff from using DeepSeek. Despite its quick rise in popularity,

Taiwan has decided to block the use of DeepSeek by public sector employees, saying the measure was necessary due to prevent possible data leaks.