The looming fear that an app of Chinese origin would receive its first ban has finally happened, but thankfully, DeepSeek is still operational for those living in the U.S. According to the latest report, Italy’s regulator for data privacy protection, Garante, said on Tuesday that it was seeking answers on how the AI startup handled its use of personal data, with the company and its affiliated firms given 20 days to respond. In the aftermath of this action, DeepSeek is no longer available on Apple’s and Google’s app stores in the region, but it is unclear who took this step. […]
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