Expert: Italian Competition Authority (AGCM), Italy's consumer protection regulator On April 30, 2026, Italy's competition authority (AGCM) published the results of three separate investigations into DeepSeek, Mistral AI, and NOVA AI. The authority found that these AI chatbots could produce content that was incorrect, misleading, or entirely fabricated — without signalling that possibility to users at the moment of interaction. Acting under Articles 20, 21, and 22 of Italy's Consumer Code, the AGCM secured binding commitments from each company to warn Italian users explicitly, at the moment of use, that AI-generated content may be wrong. DeepSeek committed to the most extensive measures, including technical investment to reduce hallucinations across four categories: search-related inaccuracies, rewriting errors, legal hallucinations, and behavioural hallucinations. NOVA AI was also required to disclose that it provides unified access to multiple underlying AI models (OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, DeepSeek) without processing them itself. The AGCM noted that 'current technology cannot eliminate hallucinations entirely.' This is the first time a regulator has required AI companies to tell their users, at the moment of use, that fluency and accuracy are separate things. The companies have 120 days to demonstrate compliance or face fines up to €10 million.