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A recent study indicates a significant prevalence of employees secretly using artificial intelligence within their workplaces, a practice termed "shadow AI". Research found over half of all workers admit to concealing their AI-assisted tasks from management. This trend raises concerns regarding data security, compliance, and overall corporate oversight.

DeepSeek has added two standalone tools to its API platform, one that searches the web and one that fetches a single page. Both return raw JSON and use the same Bearer authentication as the rest of the DeepSeek API, so one key covers all three. The company says they let agent and retrieval augmented generation applications reach live web content without a separate search provider.

China has proposed export bans and restrictions on 23 AI related technologies, including models, agents and chip designs, under a draft plan issued by the Ministry of Commerce and the Ministry of Science and Technology. The same document proposes controls on technologies tied to biotechnology and solar manufacturing. According to SCMP, the stated aim is to tighten Beijing's grip on a sector it treats as strategically vital.