Italian Regulators Investigate DeepSek Related To The Risk Of False Information

JAKARTA The Italian Business Competition Authority (AGCM) announced on Monday 16 that it had opened an investigation into China's artificial intelligence startup DeepSek. The artificial intelligence Starup allegedly failed to provide a clear warning to users about the possible emergence of false information.

DeepSek has not yet responded to a request for comment sent via email.

In a statement, the Italian regulator who also oversees consumer rights stated that DeepSek did not provide a "clear, direct, and understandable" warning regarding the risk of what is referred to as "halusination" in content generated by AI.

This graduation is described as a situation where, in response to the input provided by users, the AI model generates one or more outputs containing inaccurate, misleading, or even fabricated information.

Earlier in February, Italy's data protection authorities also ordered DeepSekto block access to their chatbots after the company failed to meet concerns over privacy policy.