Can I run DeepSeek locally to keep my data private?

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Yes, DeepSeek has released open-weight models you can download and run on your own hardware, which keeps your prompts on your machine.

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DeepSeek is an AI company that offers an assistant and models, some of which are published as open weights.

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The message generally means the service is under heavy load or having a problem on its side, so it is mostly outside your control.

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