UBC bans Chinese AI DeepSeek from its devices and networks, citing privacy, security

VANCOUVER — The University of British Columbia has banned Chinese AI tool DeepSeek from being used or installed on university-owned devices and networks, citing “a high degree of privacy and security risk.”The university says it reached the decision after a review of public information and third-party assessments of DeepSeek’s artificial intelligence applications.
It says there are concerns about DeepSeek’s “extensive data collection and sharing,” weak e