DeepSeek blocked by some app stores in Italy to protect users' personal data
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Italy’s data protection authority has blocked use of Chinese tech startup DeepSeek’s AI application to protect Italians’ data and announced an investigation into the companies behind the chatbot. The authority expressed dissatisfaction on Thursday with DeepSeek’s response to its initial query to DeepSeek about the types of information used to train its AI system, whether personal data is collected, and if so, how users are notified. It said DeepSeek had declared that it does not operate in Italy and is not subject to European law — which the authority contested. DeepSeek’s new chatbot has raised the takes in the AI technology race, rattling markets and catching up with American generative AI leaders at a fraction of the cost.
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