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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 came into result immediately to safeguard the personal information of Italians.

The choice comes 2 days after Italy sent out a request about how DeepSeek uses users’ individual information. The local regulator asked what data is gathered, why, and whether it is saved in China. However, the Chinese business’s action was deemed “totally insufficient”. They said they do not operate in Italy and that European law does not use to them.

The DeepSeek app has actually been missing from digital stores in Italy since January 29. The web version, nevertheless, stayed offered – and it is still offered today.

The Italian newspaper la Repubblica composes that the main page of DeepSeek states that information is stored on servers in China, the material of chats with the bot can be used to train its algorithms, and the service needs to not be utilized by children under 14. However, the Italian regulator requested extra details, 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 same day, the Chinese chatbot was subjected to 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 shop for Nvidia A100 chips, which are now prohibited from being exported to China. Media reports suggest that this may have prompted him to launch DeepSeek, combining those chips with more affordable, lower-end ones that are still readily available for import.

DeepSeek is based on the open-source DeepSeek-V3 model. Some specialists say that the design was developed for less than $6 million – competitors spend far more. However, other professionals contest this information.

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