Within hours of its release, the Chinese-owned AI chatbot called DeepSeek became one of the most downloaded apps in the world.

Most commentators say it performs just as well as the market-leader ChatGPT, but should we be wary of it? 

Each time users open it up and type something into that box, the app is gathering information and sending it back to servers in China. 

Today, ABC technology reporter Ange Lavoipierre on why the Australian government has banned it on its devices and whether the rest of us should avoid using it. 

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Ange Lavoipierre, ABC national technology reporter