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Italy`s data protection authority, the Garante, said on Thursday it had ordered DeepSeek to block its chatbot in the country after the Chinese artificial intelligence startup failed to address the regulator`s concerns over its privacy policy.
The watchdog had questioned DeepSeek this week about its use of personal data, particularly seeking information, opens new tab on what personal data is collected, from which sources, for what purposes, on what legal basis and whether it is stored in China.
The Garante`s order - aimed at protecting Italian users` data - came after the Chinese companies that supply the DeepSeek chatbot service provided information that 'was considered to totally insufficient,' the watchdog said in a statement.
DeepSeek had no immediate comment.
The Chinese startup said its newly-launched AI models are on a par or better than industry-leading models in the United States at a fraction of the cost, threatening to upset the technology world order.
Its AI assistant has overtaken rival ChatGPT to become the top-rated free application available on Apple`s App Store in the United States.
The Garante added that its order had 'immediate effect' and that it had also opened an investigation.
reuters.com
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