US lawmakers push to quickly ban DeepSeek on government devices

Lawmaker urged passing DeepSeek ban on government devices is a "no-brainer."

Feb 6, 2025 - 18:33

US lawmakers push to quickly ban DeepSeek on government devices

Lawmakers are now pushing to immediately ban the Chinese chatbot DeepSeek on government devices, citing national security concerns that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) may have built a backdoor into DeepSeek to access Americans' sensitive private data.

DeepSeek shocked the world when it debuted last month. Rumored to rival OpenAI's o1 reasoning model despite costing significantly less to develop, DeepSeek's open-source model is free to download. That propelled its popularity, making DeepSeek the most-downloaded app in the US.

As DeepSeek was rapidly installed on an increasing number of US phones, research emerged yesterday suggesting that DeepSeek is linked to a Chinese telecom company China Mobile. In an analysis shared with AP News, Ivan Tsarynny, the CEO of Feroot, revealed that DeepSeek apparently hid code that sends user login information to China Mobile.

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