Apparently, no Chinese breakthrough remains unpunished. It has been about a week since the Chinese artificial intelligence company Deepseek published its Deepseek-R1 model which managed to compete with the performance of American offers for a fraction of the cost, and now the rest of the world seeks to put the business microscope. According to the Wall Street Journal, the Data Data Data Data from Italy announced Thursday that it launched an investigation into how Deepseek manages user data – a survey that follows the traces of a certain number of nations raging against the company.
The Italian Data Protection Authority has made a prohibition order against Hangzhou Deepseek Artificial Intelligence and Beijing Deepseek Artificial Intelligence, the two Chinese companies behind the Chatgpt rival. The supervisory agency has expressed its concerns concerning the fact of not disclosing the personal information it collects, how it processes this data and whether this information is stored or not on servers in China. Access to Deepseek was blocked in Italy while the investigation is underway.
Italy is not the only country with concerns. The Digital Ministry of Taiwan has advised government officials not to use Deepseek on security problems, including potential data leak. The Personal Information Protection Commission in South Korea has announced that it planned to question Deepseek on how it manages the personal information of users. The French National Commission for Information Technologies and Civil Liberties plans to probe the AI company on data protection practices, while Belgium examines the potential RGPD violations and Ireland asks for more details On how Deepveek manages the data.
And of course, it would not be a repression if America was not involved. According to Reuters, the US trade department would investigate if Deepseek has secretly used American manufacturing fleas which are not allowed to be shipped to China.
It looks roughly fair, frankly. The rest of the world examines the confidentiality problems and America wants to know if this thing will harm the results of its own companies like Nvidia, which has seen its stock market take a fall as soon as the word has hit the market that you do not Do not do I don’t need to spend billions of dollars to make a functional AI model. NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang will meet Trump in Washington, DC on Friday, and the two will surely discuss the means to protect the company’s profits against foreign threats like Deepseek.
There are good reasons to have concerns about Deepseek data confidentiality practices – as there are practically all companies who wish to get your hands on your information. The Wiz Research Security Company recently published a report warning that a database belonging to Deepseek has been left exposed and revealed chat stories and other potentially sensitive information, and Wired reported that the AI app sent From American user data to servers in China. If you worry about who access your personal information, it is probably better to avoid all AI applications, whether it is manufactured by a Chinese company or otherwise.
