Push to Ban DeepSeek from all United States Government-owned Devices
Lawmakers are pushing to prohibit DeepSeek from all US government-owned devices amid worries that the AI chatbot may be collecting crucial data and sending it to servers owned by the Chinese government, it has actually emerged.
A new bill proposed by Congressman Josh Gottheimer aims to prohibit the app from all federal innovations, except for police and circumstances of national security-related activity.
The legislation also moves to ban any future product established by High-Flyer, the Chinese hedge fund backing the DeepSeek, from US government-owned devices.
'I think we need to ban DeepSeek from all government gadgets immediately. Nobody should be allowed to download it onto their gadget,' Gottheimer, a Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, told ABC News.
Gottheimer's costs would require the Office of Management and Budget to establish standards for removing the app from federal gadgets within 60 days.
Cybersecurity researchers found that DeepSeek's site has computer code that could send some user login details to a Chinese state-owned telecommunications business that has been barred from operating in America.
Australia banned DeepSeek from all government devices over issues over national security dangers on Tuesday.
DeepSeek-R1 - the new rival to ChatGPT - released last month and rapidly ended up being the most downloaded app in the US.
A new bill proposed by Congressman Josh Gottheimer, pictured in April last year, aims to prohibit DeepSeek from all federal innovations, other than for law enforcement and circumstances of nationwide security-related activity.
Lawmakers are pushing to prohibit DeepSeek from all US government-owned devices amid worries that the AI chatbot may be collecting crucial data and sending it to servers owned by the Chinese government, it has actually emerged.
A new bill proposed by Congressman Josh Gottheimer aims to prohibit the app from all federal innovations, except for police and circumstances of national security-related activity.
The legislation also moves to ban any future product established by High-Flyer, the Chinese hedge fund backing the DeepSeek, from US government-owned devices.
'I think we need to ban DeepSeek from all government gadgets immediately. Nobody should be allowed to download it onto their gadget,' Gottheimer, a Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, told ABC News.
Gottheimer's costs would require the Office of Management and Budget to establish standards for removing the app from federal gadgets within 60 days.
Cybersecurity researchers found that DeepSeek's site has computer code that could send some user login details to a Chinese state-owned telecommunications business that has been barred from operating in America.
Australia banned DeepSeek from all government devices over issues over national security dangers on Tuesday.
DeepSeek-R1 - the new rival to ChatGPT - released last month and rapidly ended up being the most downloaded app in the US.
A new bill proposed by Congressman Josh Gottheimer, pictured in April last year, aims to prohibit DeepSeek from all federal innovations, other than for law enforcement and circumstances of nationwide security-related activity.