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Washington (AFP)
US lawmakers on Thursday brought forth a bill to ban Chinese artificial intelligence program DeepSeek from being used on government devices over concerns about user data security.
Representative Josh Gottheimer, a New Jersey Democrat, introduced the bill along with Darin LaHood, an Illinois Republican, citing an "alarming threat to US national security".
Chinese startup DeekSeek shocked the global AI industry last month with the launch of its low-cost, high quality chatbot, which shook the lead the United States and other countries had in the ongoing race to develop the technology.
LaHood said that "under no circumstances" can it be allowed to "obtain sensitive government or personal data."
Australia has also banned DeepSeek from all government devices on the advice of security agencies, while France and Italy have raised concerns about DeepSeek's data practice.
Separately, video-sharing app TikTok is facing down a US law that orders the company to divest from its owner ByteDance or be banned in the United States.
