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US Said to be Mulling DeepSeek Ban from Government Devices


The Trump administration is weighing a ban on Chinese AI chatbot DeepSeek from US authorities units over national-security considerations, an individual conversant in the matter mentioned on Friday.

US officers are apprehensive about DeepSeek’s dealing with of person information, which the corporate says it shops in servers positioned in China, in response to the Wall Street Journal, which first reported the information.

Administration officers are additionally contemplating banning the chatbot from app shops and placing limits on how US-based cloud service suppliers might provide DeepSeek’s AI fashions to their prospects, the Journal mentioned, including that these discussions are nonetheless at an early stage.

DeepSeek’s low-cost AI fashions triggered a significant sell-off in world fairness markets in January, as buyers apprehensive that its arrival might threaten present AI market leaders.

A bunch of 21 state attorneys normal urged Congress on Thursday to go a invoice to bar authorities units from downloading and utilizing DeepSeek synthetic intelligence software program on authorities units.

The White House didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.

© Thomson Reuters 2025

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