A new bill introduced in the US House of Representatives aims to ban the use of Chinese AI program DeepSeek on government devices due to concerns about user data security and potential ties to the Chinese government. The bill follows a report by a US cybersecurity firm that found hidden code in DeepSeek capable of transmitting user data to a Chinese state-owned telecoms firm.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — US lawmakers on Thursday introduced a bill to prohibit the use of Chinese artificial intelligence program DeepSeek on government devices due to concerns about user data security. Representative Josh Gottheimer, a Democrat from New Jersey, and Darin LaHood, a Republican from Illinois, jointly introduced the bill, citing an 'alarming threat to US national security' and warning of 'direct ties' between DeepSeek and the Chinese government.
The bill follows a Wednesday report by Feroot Security, a US cybersecurity firm, which found that the AI model contains hidden code capable of transmitting user data to China Mobile, a state-owned telecoms firm. DeepSeek, a Chinese startup, shocked the global AI industry last month with the launch of its low-cost, high-quality chatbot. This launch shook the lead the United States and other countries had in the ongoing race to develop the technology. 'The Chinese Communist Party has made it abundantly clear that it will exploit any tool at its disposal to undermine our national security, spew harmful disinformation, and collect data on Americans,' Gottheimer said in a statement. LaHood, calling DeepSeek a 'CCP-affiliated company,' stated that 'under no circumstances' can it be allowed to 'obtain sensitive government or personal data.'The legislation in the House of Representatives comes as South Korean ministries and police announced they were blocking DeepSeek's access to their computers after the company failed to respond to a data watchdog request regarding how it manages user information. Australia has also banned DeepSeek from all government devices on the advice of security agencies, while France and Italy have raised concerns about DeepSeek's data practices. Separately, video-sharing app TikTok is facing down a US law that orders the company to divest from its Chinese owner ByteDance or be banned in the United States
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