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Italy Blocks Chinese Chatbot DeepSeek
The Italian regulator has obstructed a Chinese application with built-in artificial intelligence DeepSeek.
This was reported by the regional regulator Garante.
The emergency situation order entered into result immediately to secure the personal information of Italians.
The decision comes two days after Italy sent out a demand about how DeepSeek utilizes users’ individual information. The regional regulator asked what data is gathered, why, and whether it is saved in China. However, the Chinese company’s response was deemed “entirely inadequate”. They stated they do not run in Italy which European law does not use to them.
The DeepSeek app has been missing from digital stores in Italy because January 29. The web version, nevertheless, stayed offered – and it is still readily available today.
The Italian paper la Repubblica writes that the main page of DeepSeek states that usersʼ individual data is stored on servers in China, the content of chats with the bot can be utilized to train its algorithms, and the service ought to not be used by children under 14. However, the Italian regulator asked for additional information, which it did not get.
What is DeepSeek?
On January 27, DeepSeek surpassed ChatGPT to end up being the most popular complimentary app on the App Store. On the same day, the Chinese chatbot went through a large-scale cyberattack.
DeepSeek was founded in 2023 by Liang Wenfeng, a 40-year-old graduate of the School of Information and Electronic Engineering. He set up a store for Nvidia A100 chips, which are now prohibited from being exported to China. Media reports recommend that this might have him to introduce DeepSeek, combining those chips with cheaper, lower-end ones that are still offered for import.
DeepSeek is based on the open-source DeepSeek-V3 model. Some professionals state that the model was developed for less than $6 million – competitors spend much more. However, other specialists challenge this details.