WF-MB5Q21Korean
"The AI chatbot keeps calling me by a nickname"… DeepSeek's explanation
Users on Chinese social media reported that the AI startup DeepSeek assigned nicknames to users without consent, based on conversation context. DeepSeek stated that these are temporary internal tags used to clarify response focus, are not stored, and contain no derogatory intent.
- Language it was published in
- ko
- Date it happened
- 2026-08-11
- Organisation involved
- DeepSeek
- Product, system or model
- DeepSeek
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