South Korea will ask Chinese AI startup DeepSeek to clarify how it manages users' personal information, its data watchdog said Friday, joining a number of countries seeking answers. "We intend to submit our request in writing as early as Friday to obtain information about how DeepSeek handles personal data,

South Korea's information privacy watchdog plans to ask DeepSeek about how the personal information of users is managed, an agency official said on Friday. The country's Personal Information Protection Commission will be sending a written request for information to the operators of the Chinese artificial intelligence model soon,