City bans Chinese artificial intelligence app, promises AI policy

Officials are worried the chatbot may send personal information to the Chinese government

Sault Ste. Marie city council agreed this week to ban use of the popular DeepSeek app on city-issued smartphones and tablets.

DeepSeek is a free AI-powered chatbot that works much like ChatGPT, which was released in the United States in November 2022.

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