Microsoft Bans Employees from Using DeepSeek

The company also chose not to list it in its app store. 

• Microsoft President Brad Smith stated that the restrictions are related to the risk of data storage in China and the possible influence of Chinese propaganda on DeepSeek's responses, reports TechCrunch.
• The publication notes that some countries and organizations have already imposed restrictions on DeepSeek. Microsoft publicly announced such a ban for the first time.
• However, the company has listed the DeepSeek R1 model in its Azure cloud service. Upon launch, users saw a message about thorough review and security assessment.
• TechCrunch emphasizes that the DeepSeek app competes with Microsoft's Copilot chatbot. The company restricts competitors selectively: Perplexity is available in the Microsoft Store, while Google's Gemini is not.

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