The best German personal data protection regulator warned Apple Inc and Google Android that the Chinese service AI Deepseek, which is available in their app stores, represents illegal content because it reveals users’ data to Chinese authorities.
User personal data at risk
The formal announcement comes after Deepseek ignored the official request in May to either pull its app from the app stores in Germany, or ensure that guarantees to collect local users’ data and transfer to China were introduced, said the Meike KAMP data protection commissioner on Friday.
“The Chinese authorities have far -reaching rights to access personal data,” Kamp said. “Deepseek users do not have enforceable rights and effective legal means available in China, such as guaranteed in the European Union,” Bloomberg said.
Deepseek disrupts the AI market
Deepseek based in Hangzhou in January shocked the global technology industry with its large language model R1, which Chinese startup claimed that it could compete with much larger American systems in a fraction of the cost. The Chinese AI service provider is competitive with industry leaders such as Open and Google.
During its launch, Deepseek claimed that the construction of the AI model using less brought up H800 NVIDIA chips took only two months and cost below $ 6 million.
What will be for the Chinese application?
After the Chinese application ignored the application to meet after several applications, the Berlin agency caused the provision of the EU digital services Act, which sets responsibility to technology platforms such as Apple and Google to remove illegal content on its platform, the press agency said.
According to KAMP, both must quickly examine the announcement and decide how to follow. While the regulator could also be fined Deepseek, Kamp decided against him because she could not force a punishment in China.
The German step is followed by a similar step of the Italian regulatory body for privacy in January, Bloomberg informed.
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