Bipartisan congressional duo encourages governors to ban DeepSeek on government devices
Growing concerns around the Chinese artificial intelligence app DeepSeek have led a pair of congressional lawmakers to encourage governors around the country to ban the app on government devices.
Growing concerns around the Chinese artificial intelligence app DeepSeek have led a pair of congressional lawmakers to encourage governors around the country to ban the app on government devices.
In a letter to 47 governors and the mayor of Washington, D.C., shared first with NBC News, Reps. Josh Gottheimer, D-N.J., and Darin LaHood, R-Ill., warn that DeepSeek could introduce data privacy and cybersecurity risks, as well as potentially open the door for foreign adversaries to access sensitive government information.
Gottheimer, who is also running for New Jersey governor this year, and LaHood have already co-sponsored a bill in the House that would ban DeepSeek on all federal government devices. A similar bill was introduced in the Senate last week.
Their warning comes after The Associated Press reported that the chatbot has code embedded in it that would allow user login information to be transferred to China Mobile. China Mobile is a massive, state-owned telecommunications company that’s barred from operating in the United States.
DeepSeek also acknowledges on the app that it stores user data on servers inside China.
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