Tim Cook says China’s DeepSeek AI is ‘excellent’ during visit to country<div class="feat-image">

</div><p>China’s <a href="
https://9to5mac.com/guides/deepseek/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">DeepSeek[/url] AI chatbot doesn’t exactly have the best of reputations. It has <a href="
https://9to5mac.com/2025/01/30/deepseek-exposed-chat-history-and-other-sensitive-data-show-security-researchers/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">exposed chat history and other sensitive data[/url]; the iOS app has been shown to <a href="
https://9to5mac.com/2025/02/07/multiple-security-flaws-found-in-deepseek-ios-app-including-sending-unencrypted-data/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">have multiple security flaws[/url]; is <a href="
https://9to5mac.com/2025/01/30/deepseek-privacy-under-investigation-in-us-and-europe-removed-from-app-store-in-italy/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">under investigation in both the US and Europe[/url]; and ARM’s CEO believes it will <a href="
https://9to5mac.com/2025/02/10/deepseek-will-be-banned-in-the-us-believes-arm-ceo/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">end up being banned in the US[/url].</p>
<p>But none of this has stopped <a href="
https://9to5mac.com/guides/aapl/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Apple[/url] CEO <a href="
https://9to5mac.com/guides/tim-cook/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Tim Cook[/url] describing it as “excellent” during a visit to <a href="
https://9to5mac.com/guides/china/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Beijing[/url] for the China Development Forum … </p>
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Tim Cook says China’s DeepSeek AI is ‘excellent’ during visit to country