The United States government is weighing banning DeepSeek from government devices. They take this decision because of national security and data privacy.
Based on the Wall Street Journal, which first reported this news, officials reported about their worries, how DeepSeek handles user data, as the company stores its data on servers that are located in China. On Friday (7 March), a person who is related to this matter said that the Trump administration is banning the Chinese AI chatbot DeepSeek from US government devices for national security. The journal said administration officials are also banning the AI chatbot from the app store, and they are making limitations on how US-based cloud services are used. DeepSeek is an AI-powered chatbot, and it’s an advanced AI generator that was developed in China. It’s a low-cost AI model, rapidly growing and affordable, which makes it attractive to major AI services, including OpenAI, ChatGPT, and Google’s Gemini. Nowadays investors are worried that it will be a threat for current AI market leaders. On Thursday, to pass a bill to bar a group of 21 state attorneys general urged Congress to ban the app from downloading and using DeepSeek artificial intelligence software.
Source: The Business Standard
