South Korea just banned DeepSeek from the Google Play and the App Store. Several other countries have also taken action against the Chinese startup's chatbot.

Chinese tech company has released Hunyuan Turbo S model that compares favorably to chatbots from DeepSeek, OpenAI and Meta.

ChatGPT still tops the list of the most downloaded AI chatbot apps on the App Store, followed closely by Google Gemini. ByteDance’s Doubao and Microsoft’s Copilot come in farther down in third and fourth places, respectively.

Want to use an AI chatbot even when you don’t have an internet connection? You can with the new iOS app Fullmoon: Local Intelligence.It works locally on iPhones, iPads and Macs and is optimised for Apple's silicon chips,

South Korea isn’t the first to ban new downloads of the chatbot, with the model disappearing from the Italian App store and Google Play Store in late January 2025 after the country’s data watchdog filed a privacy complaint and asked for information on ...

The main Google Search app for iOS is losing its Gemini chatbot integration, and the company is now inviting users to download its standalone Gemini app.

The Personal Information Protection Commission, South Korea's data protection regulator, has directed Chinese artificial intelligence company DeepSeek AI to

South Korea has temporarily blocked DeepSeek from app stores, pending an investigation into its data handling practices.

Chinese AI firm DeepSeek has temporarily suspended downloads of its chatbot applications in South Korea while working with to address concerns.