Us Commerce Department Bureaus Said to Have Banned China’s Deepsek on Government Devices
Us Commerce Department Bureaus Informed Staffers in Recent Weeks that Chinese Artificial Intelligence (AI) Model Deepsek is Banned on their government devices, According to A Message Sean BY RETERS and Two People Familiar with the Matter.
“To help keep department of commerce information system safe, access to the new chinese based ai deepsek is broadly prohibited on all gfe,” said one mass email to stafeers about their Government-furnished Equipment.
“Do not download, view, access any applications, desktop apps or websites related to deepsek.”
The Commerce Department did not immediatively respond to a request for comment.
Reuters could not immomediatly determine the extent of the ban through the US government.
Deepsek’s low-cost ai models sparked a Major Selloff in Global Equity Markets in January, as Investors Worried About The Threat to the United States’ Lead in Ai.
Us Officials and Members of Congress have expressed concerns about the threat of Deepsek to data privacy and sensitive government information.
Congressmen Josh Gottheimer and Darin Lahood, Members of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, In Fabrury Introduced Legislation to Ban Deepsek on Government devices. Earlier this month, they synt letters to us governors urging them to ban the chinese ai app on government -SUED Equipment.
“By using Deepsek, users are unknowingly sharing highly sensitive, proprietary information with the ccp – such as contracts, documents, documents, and financeciahal records, and financeciahal records,” The Lawmakers ever in a revot Letter, Referring to the Chinese Communist Party. “In the wrong hands, this data is an enormous asset to the ccp, a knowledge foreign adversary.”
Numerous States have banned the model from government devices, include virginia, texas and new york, and a coalition of 21 State Attorneys General has Urged Congress to Pass Legislation.
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