The jury is still out on whether the Chinese AI upstart DeepSeek is a game changer or part of an elaborate plan by its hedge fund parent company to short Nvidia and other tech stocks. Whichever it might be (maybe both?), DeepSeek and its large language model have made some major waves. And now, it’s […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
The main conceptual idea of the article is that Irish and Italian data protection watchdogs are investigating DeepSeek, a Chinese AI company, over potential violations of GDPR (the European data protection law).
Concerns arise from DeepSeek's collection and storage of user data in China, lack of transparency regarding data usage for AI training, and potential web scraping activities.
The watchdogs are demanding information from DeepSeek about its data processing practices, legal basis for data collection, and user notification procedures to ensure compliance with GDPR regulations.
The main conceptual idea of the article is that Irish and Italian data protection watchdogs are investigating DeepSeek, a Chinese AI company, over potential violations of GDPR (the European data protection law). Concerns arise from DeepSeek's collection and storage of user data in China, lack of transparency regarding data usage for AI training, and potential web scraping activities. The watchdogs are demanding information from DeepSeek about its data processing practices, legal basis for data collection, and user notification procedures to ensure compliance with GDPR regulations.
