Italy's data protection authority said on Thursday it had blocked Chinese artificial intelligence model DeepSeek over a lack of information on its use of personal data. DeepSeek could not be accessed on Wednesday in Apple or Google app stores in Italy,

It has become increasingly active in safeguarding personal data and privacy rights in Italy and intervenes more frequently than similar bodies in many other European Union countries. The agency, based in Rome's central Piazza Venezia,

Italy's data protection authority has called on the Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) model DeepSeek to provide answers on its use of personal data.

The country's data watchdog says the firm gave it 'completely insufficient' answers to questions about what it does with user information Italy's Data Protection Agency on Thursday launched an investigation into the AI chatbot of Chinese start-up DeepSeek and said it had blocked it from processing Italian users' data.