<ul data-eligibleForWebStory="true"><li>Italy's antitrust and consumer rights regulator has launched an investigation into Chinese AI start-up DeepSeek for allegedly not adequately warning users about the risk of false information generated by its chatbot's 'hallucinations'.</li><li>DeepSeek faces a separate probe from Italy's data protection regulator for insufficient answers regarding user data processing, leading to a restriction on processing Italian users' data and a call to block the app in Italy.</li><li>Italy's Garante data protection agency took action due to DeepSeek's perceived non-compliance with EU regulations, which led to fines and temporary bans in cases involving AI models like OpenAI and Replika AI.</li><li>Garante fined OpenAI 15 million euros previously and last month fined the company behind Replika AI 5 million euros for failing to safeguard against children's misuse of the service.</li><li>In a legal move, leading AI chip maker Nvidia has filed a lawsuit against the European Commission for investigating its acquisition of Run:ai beyond permitted limits, citing AGCM's role in triggering the probe.</li></ul>

Italy Opens DeepSeek Probe Over False Information

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