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Italy Blocks Chinese Chatbot DeepSeek

The Italian regulator has blocked a Chinese application with integrated synthetic intelligence DeepSeek.

This was reported by the local regulator Garante.

The emergency order entered into impact instantly to protect the individual data of Italians.

The decision comes 2 days after Italy sent a request about how DeepSeek utilizes users‘ personal data. The regional regulator asked what data is collected, why, and whether it is kept in China. However, the Chinese company’s reaction was deemed „totally insufficient“. They stated they do not run in Italy which European law does not use to them.

The DeepSeek app has actually been missing from digital shops in Italy given that January 29. The web version, nevertheless, remained readily available – and it is still readily available today.

The Italian paper la Repubblica composes that the main page of DeepSeek states that usersʼ personal information is kept on servers in China, the content of chats with the bot can be used to train its algorithms, and the service must not be utilized by children under 14. However, the Italian regulator requested additional information, which it did not receive.

What is DeepSeek?

On January 27, DeepSeek surpassed ChatGPT to end up being the most popular free app on the App Store. On the exact same day, the Chinese chatbot underwent a massive cyberattack.

DeepSeek was founded in 2023 by Liang Wenfeng, a 40-year-old graduate of the School of Information and . He set up a shop for Nvidia A100 chips, which are now banned from being exported to China. Media reports suggest that this might have prompted him to launch DeepSeek, combining those chips with less expensive, lower-end ones that are still readily available for import.

DeepSeek is based on the open-source DeepSeek-V3 model. Some experts state that the model was established for less than $6 million – competitors invest a lot more. However, other experts challenge this details.

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