House lawmakers push to ban AI app DeepSeek from US government devices

House lawmakers push to ban AI app DeepSeek from US government devices

WASHINGTON — A bipartisan duo in the the U.S. House is proposing legislation to ban the Chinese artificial intelligence app DeepSeek from federal devices, similar to the policy already in place for the popular social media platform TikTok.

Reps. Josh Gottheimer, D-N.J., and Darin LaHood, R-Ill., on Thursday introduced the “No DeepSeek on Government Devices Act,” which would ban federal employees from using the Chinese AI app on government-owned electronics. They cited the Chinese…

Article Source
https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/house-lawmakers-push-ban-ai-app-deepseek-us-118536771