DeepSeek to customise namesake chatbot for Italian users following probe

Chinese artificial intelligence firm DeepSeek has agreed to launch the first country-specific version of its namesake chatbot, while tackling the problem of “hallucinations” in its AI models to meet the requirements of regulators in Italy. DeepSeek assented to the package of commitments after a months-long negotiation with the Italian Competition Authority, known as the AGCM, which had earlier accused the Hangzhou-based start-up of not sufficiently warning users in the country about the risk of...