The Chinese-made DeepSeek app, which
has reached the top of the downloads list in recent hours, on
Wednesday disappeared from Google and Apple's digital stores in
Italy.
News that free app Deepseek may be able to outperform US rivals
at a fraction of the cost sent US tech stocks tumbling earlier
this week.
OpenAI on Wednesday accused Deepseek of using its own work for
its AI apps.
Italy's privacy ombudsman, Pasquale Stanzione told ANSA he
didn't know if Deepseek's disappearance "was down to us or not".
He said: "We have asked for information. Now the company has 20
days to respond: when it responds our offices will start an
in-depth investigation to see if there is compliance with the
GDPR".
The EU general data protection regulation (GDPR) governs how the
personal data of individuals in the EU may be processed and
transferred.
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