The US has found a Chinese spy in the public sector.
A bill has been introduced in the US Congress that would ban the use of the Chinese chatbot DeepSeek on government devices. The authors of the initiative are Democrat Josh Gottheimer and Republican Darin LaHood.
Gottheimer said that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) uses technology to undermine US national security, spread disinformation, and collect data on citizens. According to the politician, there is evidence that DeepSeek is used to steal confidential information from Americans. The Democrat compared the situation with DeepSeek to TikTok, recalling China's control over the platform's algorithms and data.
DeepSeek positions itself as a powerful and inexpensive alternative to American AI tools, including ChatGPT. DeepSeek recently overtook ChatGPT in popularity in the App Store due to high user interest. At the same time, the company opened the source code of the model, allowing developers to create their own solutions based on DeepSeek.
Critics of the platform fear that data entered into the chatbot could be accessed by Chinese authorities. The bill claims that the platform’s code is “directly linked to the CCP” and could transmit data to users of China Mobile, China’s largest state-owned telecom operator.
In the past month, several countries have banned DeepSeek. In Italy, the regulator imposed a ban after the company refused to comply with European privacy laws. Australia, the Netherlands, and South Korea have also restricted access to the chatbot. In the US, the platform has already been banned in Texas, as well as by the Navy and NASA.
Additional concerns are raised by data leaks. Recently, Wiz Research discovered open access to DeepSeek’s database, which contained millions of log lines, including chat history, secret keys, and other sensitive data. Although the issue was fixed, the researchers have not received a response from the company. In addition, information security experts note weak controls on the platform, allowing the creation of malware.
Darin LaHood noted that the ban is related not only to the risks of cyber espionage, but also to global competition in the AI field. According to him, the United States cannot afford to lose the technology race to China.
Recall that the US Republican Senator Josh Hawley introduced a bill that prohibits the import and export of artificial intelligence technologies between the US and China. If adopted, users who downloaded the Chinese AI model DeepSeek could face up to 20 years in prison, a fine of up to a million dollars, or both.
A bill has been introduced in the US Congress that would ban the use of the Chinese chatbot DeepSeek on government devices. The authors of the initiative are Democrat Josh Gottheimer and Republican Darin LaHood.
Gottheimer said that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) uses technology to undermine US national security, spread disinformation, and collect data on citizens. According to the politician, there is evidence that DeepSeek is used to steal confidential information from Americans. The Democrat compared the situation with DeepSeek to TikTok, recalling China's control over the platform's algorithms and data.
DeepSeek positions itself as a powerful and inexpensive alternative to American AI tools, including ChatGPT. DeepSeek recently overtook ChatGPT in popularity in the App Store due to high user interest. At the same time, the company opened the source code of the model, allowing developers to create their own solutions based on DeepSeek.
Critics of the platform fear that data entered into the chatbot could be accessed by Chinese authorities. The bill claims that the platform’s code is “directly linked to the CCP” and could transmit data to users of China Mobile, China’s largest state-owned telecom operator.
In the past month, several countries have banned DeepSeek. In Italy, the regulator imposed a ban after the company refused to comply with European privacy laws. Australia, the Netherlands, and South Korea have also restricted access to the chatbot. In the US, the platform has already been banned in Texas, as well as by the Navy and NASA.
Additional concerns are raised by data leaks. Recently, Wiz Research discovered open access to DeepSeek’s database, which contained millions of log lines, including chat history, secret keys, and other sensitive data. Although the issue was fixed, the researchers have not received a response from the company. In addition, information security experts note weak controls on the platform, allowing the creation of malware.
Darin LaHood noted that the ban is related not only to the risks of cyber espionage, but also to global competition in the AI field. According to him, the United States cannot afford to lose the technology race to China.
Recall that the US Republican Senator Josh Hawley introduced a bill that prohibits the import and export of artificial intelligence technologies between the US and China. If adopted, users who downloaded the Chinese AI model DeepSeek could face up to 20 years in prison, a fine of up to a million dollars, or both.
