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Italy Closes Antitrust Probe Into DeepSeek After AI Disclosure Commitments

By  |  January 5, 2026

Italy’s competition watchdog has wrapped up an investigation into the Chinese artificial intelligence system DeepSeek after the company agreed to make changes aimed at better informing users about potential inaccuracies generated by the technology, according to Reuters.

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    The regulator, the Italian Competition Authority (AGCM), opened the case last June over concerns that DeepSeek did not adequately warn users that its AI system could produce false or misleading information. Per Reuters, the AGCM said the probe has now been closed after the companies behind the system accepted a set of binding commitments. The decision was made public in the authority’s weekly bulletin released on Monday.

    DeepSeek is jointly owned and operated by Hangzhou DeepSeek Artificial Intelligence and Beijing DeepSeek Artificial Intelligence. According to per Reuters, the commitments focus on improving how the risks of so-called “hallucinations” are communicated to users. These hallucinations occur when an AI model generates outputs that are inaccurate, misleading, or entirely fabricated in response to user prompts.

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    In its bulletin, the AGCM said the steps proposed by the companies addressed its concerns, stating that “the commitments presented by DeepSeek make disclosures about the risk of hallucinations easier, more transparent, intelligible, and immediate.” The authority concluded that these measures were sufficient to close the consumer protection investigation, per Reuters.

    Source: Reuters