The WSJ reported on the possible limitations of DeepSeek for US government employees

The White House is considering measures to restrict the activities of DeepSeek, a Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) company, including banning the use of a chatbot on government devices due to alleged threats to national security. This was reported on March 7 by The Wall Street Journal (WSJ), citing informed sources.

The administration of US President Donald Trump is likely to adopt a rule that will prohibit officials from downloading the DeepSeek app to government devices, the sources said.

American officials are concerned about how DeepSeek handles user data, which, according to the Chinese company, is stored on servers located in China.

They also believe that DeepSeek's representatives have not sufficiently explained how they use the collected data and who has access to it.

According to the sources, officials are also considering a plan to ban the DeepSeek app on American marketplaces. The discussion is still at an early stage.

The US government does not have a complete ban on the use of DeepSeek, but some of its divisions, including the US Navy and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, have banned the application due to possible threats to security and privacy, the publication wrote.

The states of New York and Texas have also decided to restrict the use of the Chinese app.

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The DeepSeek platform is being developed by the company of the same name, which was founded in 2023 in Hangzhou. Its owner is the Chinese hedge fund High-Flyer, focused on the use of AI in the development of algorithms for securities trading. The chatbot is available to users all over the world in the format of both a mobile application and a web page.

On March 1, the WSJ reported on China's call for its AI specialists to avoid traveling to the United States. According to the newspaper, the authorities are concerned that Chinese artificial intelligence experts traveling abroad may disclose confidential information about the country's progress in this area.