BMW announces DeepSeek integration in new models amid privacy concerns

Governments around the world are warning about Chinese AI company DeepSik's risk to global security

The U.S. has repeatedly warned that the platform steals and manipulates data to Beijing's liking

But that isn't stopping BMW from putting the tech in its new cars

The German automaker saying it's integrating the AI into its lineup in China later this year

BMW CEO Oliver Zipsa told the Shanghai Auto Show key advances in AI will help the company strengthen AI partnerships

Adding the tech will enhance its intelligent personal assistant with DeepSeq functionality

and offer access to information that goes well beyond the vehicle itself

The announcement comes as an investigation by South Korea released Thursday finds DeepSeq shared local user data with Chinese and U.S. companies without permission or notice

Sole investigators say in one case, DeepSeq transferred data from user-written AI prompts

as well as information on the device and network used to a cloud service platform known as Beijing Volcano Engine Technology Company That company is labeled an affiliate of TikTok parent company ByteDance which also faces accusations of giving user data

to the CCP. DeepSeek and ByteDance have yet to respond to the findings. China's foreign ministry

says it doesn't have direct knowledge of the accusations against DeepSeek. The probe is

connected to Seoul's move this year to suspend DeepSeek from South Korean app stores over data

protection concerns. As Straight Arrow News reported, DeepSeek saw a dramatic rise in

popularity in January following its launch, while putting rivals like OpenAI's ChatGPT on notice

Its creator claims it was made at a fraction of the cost competitors spent

The app's surge in popularity is raising national security concerns over Beijing's mandate that its

homegrown firms share data with the Chinese government. South Korea, the U.S., Australia

and Taiwan have all told government employees to not use the app on work-related devices

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