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Italy sends first data watchdog request to DeepSeek: ‘The data of millions of Italians is at risk’


The jury is still out on whether the Chinese AI upstart DeepSeek is a game changer or possibly part of an elaborate plan by its hedge fund parent company

The jury is still out on whether the Chinese AI upstart DeepSeek is a game changer or possibly part of an elaborate plan by its hedge fund parent company to short Nvidia and other tech stocks. Thomas Regnier, Commission Spokesperson for Tech Sovereignty, was asked whether there are concerns at the European level over DeepSeek related to security, privacy, and censorship. He was then asked whether the app’s censorship on topics that are politically sensitive in China fell afoul of free speech rules in Europe and if that merited an investigation.

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