The Donald Trump administration is considering banning the Chinese artificial intelligence chatbot DeepSeek from U.S. government devices due to national security concerns, The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday.
Officials are concerned about how DeepSeek handles user data, which the company reportedly stores on servers in China.
In addition to restricting the chatbot on government-issued devices, policymakers are also exploring broader measures, including banning DeepSeek from U.S. app stores and imposing limits on how American cloud service providers can offer their AI models to customers. However, discussions on these potential restrictions remain at an early stage.