India, Feb. 6 -- DeepSeek came in and shook the artificial intelligence (AI) industry all over the world, and by the looks of it, some governments too. It was seen as China's answer to ChatGPT. In a matter of days of its AI chatbot going viral, the Chinese startup finds itself at the crosshairs of several regulators.

In India, the ministry of finance has banned the use of DeepSeek by its employees, joining several government agencies across the world to do so. A growing list of nations have either fully or partially banned the use of DeepSeek within their borders. While some have banned their government employees from using the AI chatbot, others have extended the curbs to private citizens as well.

Here is a list of countries that have ...