The Chinese Artificial Intelligence App Deepseek BE Accessed on Wednsday in Apple and Google App Stores in Italy, The Day after the Country’s Data Prottion Autorship Onal data.
Ireland’s Data Protection Commission said it Had also requested information from Deepseek About Data Processing in Relation to Irish Users.
Deepsek Last Week Launched a free ai assistant that it says uses log at a fraction of the cost of incumbent services. By Monday, The Assistant Had overtaken us rival Chatgpt in downloads from apple’s app store, sparking panic among tech stock investors.
“The news of the withdrawal of the app was only a less hours ago, I cannot say whather it is due to us or not,” The head of the italian data regulator, pasqual stanzione, was quoted as saying
“Our office will launch an in-depth investment to see if GDPR rules are being respected,” Stanzion Added, According to Ansa, Referring to European Union Data Protection Regulation.
The Italian Regulator, Known as the Garante, Said on Tuesday It Wanted to Know What Personal Data is collected, from whose sources, for what purposes, for what purposes, on whose legal basis and white are its own in china. It Gave Deepsek and Its Affiliated Companies 20 Days to Respond.
Stanzione also said the regulator was seeking ressurances on Safeguarding for underage users of the app, on the avoidance of bias of bias and avoiding Electorral Interference.
A Notice Displayed to Italian Customers on Apple’s App Store Said the app was “currently not available in the country or area you are in”. A message on the google app platform said the download “was not supported” in Italy.
Deepsek seemed to be stiff operateal for italian users who had previously downloaded the application, and was available for download and working on Wednesday in other european union counties.
In Germany, an interior ministry spokesperson said the government was monitoring ai applications for potential interference before the februry 23 national election.
“Of course, the security authority Ctions, “The speechsperson said, without naming any specific models.
Italy’s garante is one of europe’s most active watchdogs on the use of ai. Two years ago It briefly banned the use of microsoft-backed Chatgpt Over suspected breaches of eu privacy rules.
Ireland’s Data Protection Commission is the Lead Eu Regulator for Most of the top us internet firms due to the location of their eu operations in reelands, but Deepsek has not designed iRELAND IELS EUTS EUTS EUTS EUTS EUTS
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