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.

Lawmakers in the House are proposing to ban the Chinese artificial intelligence app DeepSeek from U.S. government devices.

A bipartisan Congressional bill is being introduced to ban China's DeepSeek artificial intelligence software from government devices.

Australia issued a statement that requires all government entities to prevent the access, use or installation of DeepSeek products, applications and web services on Australian government systems and mobile devices.