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AI Breaking News: DeepSeek AI App blocked in Italy



Italy's data protection authority, the Garante*, said on Thursday it had blocked Chinese artificial intelligence model DeepSeek over a lack of information on its use of personal data.


("The agency was established in 1997 following the implementation of the country's data protection law which sought to align with European Union rules. It has become increasingly active in safeguarding personal data and privacy rights in Italy and intervenes more frequently than similar bodies in many other European Union countries." https://www.reuters.com/technology/italys-privacy-watchdog-taking-big-tech-2025-01-29/)


On Tuesday, Jan 28, 2025, the Garante requested information from DeepSeek regarding its use of personal data. The Italian agency is seeking details from DeepSeek regarding the data used in its chatbot and how it is trained. Specifically, they are requesting the following: what personal data is collected, from which sources, for what purposes, on what legal basis and whether it is stored in China. The Garante is also requesting information about whether DeepSeek provides any safeguards for underage users of the app, and also information on the app's efforts, if any, to avoidance bias and avoiding electoral interference.


DeepSeek and its affiliated companies have 20 days to respond.


Wednesday, Jan 29, 2025, the DeepSeek app could no longer be accessed in either the Apple and Google app stores in Italy.


This week, two reports came out that likely will bear on this investigation:

(1) Wiz Research has identified a "publicly accessible ClickHouse database belonging to DeepSeek, which allows full control over database operations, including the ability to access internal data." (https://www.wiz.io/blog/wiz-research-uncovers-exposed-deepseek-database-leak)

(2) OpenAI claims that DeepSeek trained its model on OpenAI's data calling it an "inappropriate use of its data." (https://www.ft.com/content/a0dfedd1-5255-4fa9-8ccc-1fe01de87ea6)



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