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Kat Wong

Call for 'data diplomacy' with China after DeepSeek ban

The federal government has banned the use of DeepSeek services on government devices. (Mick Tsikas/AAP PHOTOS)

Australians have been warned a government ban on a Chinese artificial intelligence model will not be enough to protect their data.

All products, applications and services made by the China-based AI company DeepSeek must be removed from federal government systems and devices because of the threat they pose to national security and intelligence agencies.

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