India’s cash ministry asks workers members to remain away from AI gadgets like ChatGPT, DeepSeek

By Sarita Chaganti Singh and Nikunj Ohri

BRAND-NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s cash ministry has truly requested its workers members to remain away from using AI gadgets consisting of ChatGPT and DeepSeek for primary aims, mentioning risks positioned to discretion of federal authorities papers and data, an inside division advisory revealed.

Countries like Australia and Italy have truly put comparable constraints on making use of DeepSeek, mentioning info security risks. Reports of the advising emerged on social networks on Tuesday, prematurely of a arrange flick through to India by OpenAI principal Sam Altman on Wednesday, when he’s likewise due to fulfill the IT priest.

“It has been determined that AI tools and AI apps (such as ChatGPT, DeepSeek etc.) in the office computers and devices pose risks for confidentiality of (government) data and documents,” said the advising by the Indian cash ministry datedJan 29.

Representatives for India’s cash ministry, ChatGPT-parent OpenAI and DeepSeek didn’t rapidly reply to ask for comment.

Three cash ministry authorities said the notice was genuine and the notice was launched inside in the present day.

Reuters won’t rapidly validate whether or not comparable directions have truly been launched for numerous different Indian ministries.

OpenAI is coping with heat in India due to a top-level copyright violation battle with the nation’s main media residences, and has truly said in court docket filings that it doesn’t have its net servers within the nation and Indian courts should not take heed to the difficulty.

(Reporting by Sarita Chaganti Singh and Nikunj Ohri; Additional protection by Munsif Vengattil; Editing by Aditya Kalra)