By bno - Taipei Bureau DeepSeek, the Chinese AI start-up, has generated significant attention since its launch of the R1 chatbot in January. Despite a claimed smaller budget than industry giants, the company asserts that its AI can rival those from the US at a fraction of the cost.

OTTAWA — The federal government is barring the use of Chinese artificial intelligence startup DeepSeek’s chatbot on government devices over “serious privacy concerns” the company can inappropriately collect and retain sensitive data.

Lawmakers in the House are proposing to ban the Chinese artificial intelligence app DeepSeek from U.S. government devices

The "No DeepSeek on Government Devices Act" comes after the Chinese AI lab shook Wall Street with its chatbot, a direct challenge to Western tech.

This should be a no-brainer in terms of actions we should take immediately to prevent our enemy from getting information from our government,’ says New Jersey lawmaker

Chinese AI startup DeepSeek has grabbed the top spot in Apple’s (AAPL) App Store and rattled Silicon Valley AI establishment. But it has also captured the attention of lawmakers, some who are now proposing banning the app from government-owned devices.

The website of the Chinese artificial intelligence company DeepSeek, whose chatbot became the most downloaded app in the United States, has computer code that could send some user login information to a Chinese state-owned telecommunications company that has been barred from operating in the United States,