DeepSeek’s low-cost artificial intelligence models triggered a significant selloff in global equity markets in January, as investors grew anxious about the potential threat to the United States’ dominance in AI.
Concerns over DeepSeek have also reached Washington, with U.S. officials and lawmakers raising alarms about the risks to data privacy and national security.
In February, Representatives Josh Gottheimer and Darin LaHood, both members of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, introduced legislation to prohibit the use of DeepSeek on government devices.