International regulators probe how DeepSeek is using data. Is the app safe to use?

The smartphone app DeepSeek’s page is seen on a smartphone screen in Beijing, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025. Andy Wong/AP

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Washington and Europe are growing wary of DeepSeek.

The Chinese artificial intelligence company astonished the world last weekend by rivaling the hit chatbot ChatGPT, seemingly at a fraction of the cost. But now, regulators and privacy advocates are raising new questions about the safety of users’ data.

Regulators in Italy have blocked the app from Apple and Google app stores there, as the government probes what data the company is collecting and how it is being stored.

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