The US government has banned its agencies from using Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) startups on the grounds that they threaten national security.deepseek ) products or services, the Chinese Foreign Ministry responded, criticizing the US move as politicizing science, technology, economic and trade issues.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Mao Ning said at a regular press conference on the 20th that China has always opposed the generalization of the concept of national security and the politicization of science, technology, economic and trade issues. “We will resolutely safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of mainland enterprises.”
Bloomberg reported that the U.S. According to.Department of Homeland Security On the 19th, an announcement was made on the Federal Register website that federal agencies must remove all DeepSeek products from their systems.
An accompanying order signed by Homeland Security Secretary Markway Mullin on July 24 bars DeepSeek from participating in federal contracts.
The US government has warned that DeepSeek collects large amounts of potentially sensitive user data, which could eventually be shared with the Chinese government under China’s information security laws. The order cited a 2018 law aimed at strengthening federal procurement security.
