The next DeepSeek to disrupt the global artificial intelligence industry could also come from China.

Italy has blocked Chinese AI startup DeepSeek’s chatbot over data privacy concerns, marking another instance of European regulators taking a firm stance on artificial intelligence. The country’s data protection authority,

MILAN (Reuters) - Italy's data protection authority, the Garante, said on Thursday it had ordered DeepSeek to block its chatbot in the country after the Chinese artificial intelligence startup failed to address the regulator's concerns over its privacy policy.

South Korea’s defence ministry has blocked access to the DeepSeek AI tool on military computers due to security concerns. This move adds South Korea to the growing list of countries and companies restricting access to the Chinese AI tool.

South Korea's industry ministry has temporarily blocked employee access to Chinese artificial intelligence startup DeepSeek due to security concerns, a ministry official said on Wednesday, as the government urges caution on generative AI services.

The Secretary of the Department of Home Affairs issued a mandatory direction for all government entities to "prevent the use or installation of DeepSeek products, applications and web services and where found remove all existing instances of DeepSeek products,