India, Feb. 11 -- The government is reportedly planning to soon issue an advisory, warning users on potential data privacy and cyber espionage risks pertaining to the use of Chinese AI tool DeepSeek.

The Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) is enquiring about the implications of using the GenAI tool on Indian devices, ET reported, citing sources close to the matter.

The authority is keeping a tab on user's behaviour based on the interaction with chatbot, data like battery usage and other app interactions.

This comes days after the finance ministry issued a directive prohibiting its officers from using AI tools like ChatGPT and DeepSeek for official reasons to maintain data privacy and security.

Last month, Union IT Minister Ashw...