Italy’s Data Protection Authority, Gent, said, “On Thursday, he ordered Deepsek to block his chatbot in the country, as the Chinese Artificial Intelligence Startup failed to address the regulatory concerns on its privacy policy.
The Watchdog had questioned the lampsac about the use of personal data this week, specifically demanded information about what personal data is collected, from which sources, for what purposes, for which legal basis and what it is on China. Is stored in
Order of the Gvent – For the purpose of protecting the data of Italian users – came after Chinese companies that supply Deepsek chatbot service, it was provided that “was considered completely inadequate,” in a statement ” Was said.
Deepsek had no immediate comments.
The Chinese startup stated that its new-launched AI models are an equal or better than the leading model of the industry in the United States, threatening to harass the technology world system.
Its AI Assistant has surpassed rival Chatgpt to become the top-rested free application available at Apple’s App Store in the United States.
The gent said that its order had a “immediate effect” and it also opened an investigation.
European inquiry
Data regulators in Ireland and France are also questioning Deepsek on their chatbot’s privacy policy.
In response to the Gvent questions, Deepsek said that he had removed his AI assistant from the Italian App Stores after questioning his privacy policy, one of the four members of the board of the Italian Data Authority, Agostino Ghiglia told Reuters. .
Ghigaliya said that Deepsek said that it should not be subject to local regulation or jurisdiction of guarantee, and there was no obligation to provide regulators with any information.
“Not only the reaction of the Deepsek did not give us any assurance, it spoiled their position, and that is why we decide to order the block,” Ghigaliya said.
“If there is no cooperation, the lamp will be blocked in Italy”, he said.
By Friday, some Italian users who had previously downloaded the app on their mobile devices said the chatbot was still providing answers. The web version of the service is still working.
“Citizens have the right to give their consent on the basis of their data, or not, or not. And do not guarantee the server Europe in China,” Ghigaliya said.
The use of Italy’s Ghant AI is the most active among 31 data protection officers in Europe. Two years ago it banned the use of Microsoft-supported chatgpt on suspected violations of the European Union’s privacy rules.
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