{"id":3201,"date":"2025-02-04T05:18:31","date_gmt":"2025-02-04T05:18:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/04\/pressure-mounts-on-greece-to-follow-italys-ban-on-deepseek-chatbot\/"},"modified":"2025-02-04T05:18:31","modified_gmt":"2025-02-04T05:18:31","slug":"pressure-mounts-on-greece-to-follow-italys-ban-on-deepseek-chatbot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/04\/pressure-mounts-on-greece-to-follow-italys-ban-on-deepseek-chatbot\/","title":{"rendered":"Pressure Mounts On Greece To Follow Italy&#8217;s Ban On DeepSeek Chatbot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-first=\"F\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Following Italy\u2019s lead, calls are growing for Greece to ban the Chinese-developed chatbot DeepSeek. The app\u2019s latest release on January 20th caused turmoil in Western tech markets.<\/h2>\n<p>Italy banned the chatbot on Thursday, preempting the 20-day deadline given to Hangzhou-based DeepSeek to address concerns about user data privacy. The Italian government acted without waiting for DeepSeek\u2019s response.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"694\" height=\"1543\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 461px) 100vw, 461px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" data-src=\"https:\/\/greekcitytimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1000154943-edited.png\" alt=\"deep seek screen\" class=\"wp-image-406453 lazy\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/greekcitytimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1000154943-edited.png 694w, https:\/\/greekcitytimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1000154943-edited-135x300.png 135w, https:\/\/greekcitytimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1000154943-edited-461x1024.png 461w, https:\/\/greekcitytimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1000154943-edited-691x1536.png 691w, https:\/\/greekcitytimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1000154943-edited-450x1001.png 450w, https:\/\/greekcitytimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1000154943-edited-225x500.png 225w, https:\/\/greekcitytimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1000154943-edited-20x44.png 20w\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>Greek digital rights NGO, Homo Digitalis, has urged regulatory authorities to suspend DeepSeek\u2019s distribution and use within Greece temporarily. They demand satisfactory answers from DeepSeek regarding handling user data before the chatbot can be reinstated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe legally required safeguards appear to be absent,\u201d stated Lefteris Chelioudakis, executive director of Homo Digitalis.<\/p>\n<p>While DeepSeek\u2019s user base in Greece remains unknown, the smartphone app has seen 2.6 million downloads globally.<\/p>\n<p>DeepSeek is a machine learning model designed for searching within deep neural networks; however, it is not widely accessible as a standard tool or model for local execution.<\/p>\n<footer class=\"article-tags entry-footer\">\n<div>\n<strong>Tags:<\/strong><br \/>\nai, Artificial Intelligence, ban, chatbot, China, data privacy, DeepSeek, Greece, Homo Digitalis, Italy, Lefteris Chelioudakis, technology<\/div>\n<\/footer>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/greekcitytimes.com\/2025\/02\/04\/pressure-mounts-on-greece-to-follow-italys-ban-on-deepseek-chatbot\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following Italy\u2019s lead, calls are growing for Greece to ban the Chinese-developed chatbot DeepSeek. The app\u2019s latest release on January 20th caused turmoil in Western tech markets. Italy banned the chatbot on Thursday, preempting the 20-day deadline given to Hangzhou-based DeepSeek to address concerns about user data privacy. 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