By bno - Taipei Bureau DeepSeek, the Chinese AI start-up, has generated significant attention since its launch of the R1 chatbot in January. Despite a claimed smaller budget than industry giants, the company asserts that its AI can rival those from the US at a fraction of the cost.

The meteoric rise of DeepSeek—the Chinese AI startup now challenging global giants—has stunned observers and put the spotlight on China’s AI sector. Since ChatGPT’s debut in 2022, the country’s tech ecosystem has been in relentless pursuit of homegrown alternatives, giving rise to a wave of startups and billion-dollar bets.

U.S. lawmakers are looking to ban Chinese artificial intelligence software DeepSeek from government devices. Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), who is one of the lawmakers co-sponsoring the bill, joins José Díaz-Balart to share what his biggest concerns are with the technology.

Lawmakers in the House are proposing to ban the Chinese artificial intelligence app DeepSeek from U.S. government devices

Researchers linked the AI chatbot to a Chinese state-owned telecommunications company, which has been banned from operating in the U.S.