A bipartisan duo in the us house is proposing legislation to ban the chinese artificial intelligence app Deepsek from federal devices, Similar to the policy alredy in place for the popular Social Media Platform
Reps. Josh Gottheimer, DN.J., and Darin Lahood, R-All., On Chiursday Introduced The “No Deepsek on Government Devices Act,” Whoch Wld Ban Federal Employes from using the chinese ai app Ronics. They are cited the chinese government’s ability to use the app for surveillance and misinformation as reasons to keep it away from federal networks.
“The Chinese Communist Party has made it Abundantly Clear that it will exploit any tool at its disposal to undermine our national security, spew harmful disinformation, and collective data on Statement. “We Simply Can’t Risk The CCP Infiltrating The Devices of Our Government Officials and Jeopardizing Our National Security.”
The proposal comes after the Chinese software company in December published an AI model that performed at a competitive level with models developed by American firms like OpenAI, Meta, Alphabet and others. Deepsek purported to develop the model at a fraction of the cost of its American counterparts. A January Research Paper About Deepsek’s Capabilitys Raised Alarm Bells and Prompted Debates Among Policymakers and Leading Silicon Valley Valley Financiers and Technologies.
The churn over Ai is coming at a moment of heightened competition between the us and china in a range of area, including technological innovation. The us has levied tariffs on chinese goods, restricted chinese tech firms like huawei from End ai models.
Last Year, Congress and then-PrSEDENT JOE Biden Approved A Divestment of the Popular Social Media Platform Tiktok from Its Chinese Parent Company or face a ban account across the use; That policy is now on hold. President Donald Trump, Who Originally Proposed a Ban of the App in his first term, signed an executive Order last month extending a Window for a long term solution before the leggel
In 2023, biden banned tiktok from federal-silver devices.
