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Germany Warns Apple, Google on DeepSeek App Over Privacy Breaches Tied to China

DeepSeek AI is a Chinese artificial intelligence company and the name of its conversational agent, which exploits a large language model. In early 2025, DeepSeek unveils a new model published in open source under the MIT license. Artificial intelligence

Germany's top data protection office is raising the alarm over DeepSeek, a Chinese AI chatbot app, for allegedly breaking European privacy laws.

On Friday, Berlin's data commissioner Meike Kamp urged Apple and Google to consider removing the app from their stores, accusing DeepSeek of unlawfully transferring German user data to China.

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