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- A bipartisan pair of US lawmakers are introducing a bill that would ban DeepSeek on government devices.
- This is the same strategy used that eventually put TikTok in the position it’s currently in.
- DeepSeek is a Chinese generative AI chatbot with concerning data collection policies.
Over the past few weeks, a new generative AI chatbot has ascended to a stunning level of popularity, seemingly out of nowhere: DeepSeek. This Chinese-made system offered the same level of performance one would get from a system like OpenAI’s ChatGPT but for a fraction of the price.
Unfortunately, it was quickly discovered that DeepSeek has some concerning data collection policies. User data connected to the service is sent to a Chinese company with direct ties to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) that had previously been banned from operating in the US.