Dutch privacy watchdog to launch investigation into China’s DeepSeek AI

February 2, 2025 12:08 PM

Dutch privacy watchdog to launch investigation into China’s DeepSeek AI

The Netherlands' privacy watchdog AP on Friday said it will launch an investigation into Chinese artificial intelligence firm DeepSeek's data collection practices and urged Dutch users to exercise caution with the company's software. "The AP is (issuing this) warning because of the serious concerns that there are over DeepSeek's privacy policies ... and the way in which it appears to use personal information," Chairman Aleid Wolfsen said in a statement. The agency added that European citizens' ...

American AI firms try to poke holes in disruptive DeepSeek

January 28, 2025 12:18 PM

American AI firms try to poke holes in disruptive DeepSeek

Developers at leading U.S. AI firms are praising the DeepSeek AI models that have leapt into prominence while also trying to poke holes in the notion that their multi-billion dollar technology has been bested by a Chinese newcomer's low-cost alternative. Chinese startup DeepSeek on Monday sparked a stock selloff and its free AI assistant overtook OpenAI's ChatGPT atop Apple's App Store in the U.S., harnessing a model it said it trained on Nvidia's lower-capability H800 processor chips using und...