Democrats are pushing to ban DeepSeek from all US government-owned devices amid fears that the AI chatbot may be collecting vital data and sending to to servers owned by the Chinese government, it has emerged.
A new bill proposed by Rep. Josh Gottheimer aims to ban the app from all federal technologies, except for law enforcement and instances of national security-related activity.
The legislation also moves to ban any future product developed by High-Flyer, the Chinese hedge fund backing the DeepSeek, from US government-owned devices.
‘I think we should ban DeepSeek from all government devices immediately. No one should be allowed to download it onto their device,’ Gottheimer, who sits on the House Intelligence Committee, told ABC News.
The legislation would require the Office of Management and Budget within 60 days to develop guidelines for removing the app’s removal.
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