New Delhi, Feb. 12 -- The Ministry of Finance introduced a ban that forbids staff members from using both ChatGPT and DeepSeek with their office machines or government equipment. The ministry issued this directive to protect government data while matching previous decisions made by Australian and Italian officials about employee computer access.

On January 29 the Department of Expenditure from the Ministry issued a document about AI tools' weaknesses for handling restricted government documents.The use of AI tools and AI applications including ChatGPT and DeepSeek among others has been established. in office computers and devices pose risks for the confidentiality of government data and documents," the memo stated.

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