SEOUL, South Korea (AP)— DeepSeek, a Chinese artificial intelligence startup, has temporarily halted downloads of its chatbot apps in South Korea while it works with local authorities to address privacy concerns, South Korean officials announced Monday. According to South Korea’s Personal Information Protection Commission, DeepSeek’s apps were pulled from the local versions of Apple’s App Store and Google Play on Saturday evening, and the business committed to work with the government to tighten privacy precautions before relaunching the apps. Users who have already downloaded DeepSeek to their phones or used it on their personal computers are unaffected by the activity. Nam Seok, director of the South Korean commission’s investigation division, advised South Korean DeepSeek users to delete the app from their devices or avoid entering personal information into the tools until the issues are resolved