<ul><li>Microsoft employees are banned from using the DeepSeek app due to data security and propaganda concerns, as confirmed by Microsoft vice chairman and president Brad Smith in a Senate hearing.</li><li>The ban extends to the DeepSeek application service and Microsoft has not listed DeepSeek in its app store over these worries.</li><li>The restriction is based on the potential data storage in China and the influence of Chinese propaganda on DeepSeek's responses, as the app's privacy policy states user data is stored on Chinese servers subject to Chinese law.</li><li>Despite offering DeepSeek's R1 model on its Azure cloud service, Microsoft's restriction on the DeepSeek app highlights concerns about security risks, potential propaganda, and cooperation with Chinese intelligence agencies.</li></ul>

Microsoft employees are banned from using DeepSeek app, president says

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